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Can smoking marijuana cause an unsafe, rapid heartbeat?
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Yes: Marijuana smoking has been linked in multiple reports to the development of atrial fibrillation, a rapid heart rate in the upper chamber of the heart that is unsafe.
Answered 6/9/2019
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It can: I have seen many patients who get palpitations after smoking marijuana, who do not have problems after they stop. This is not common, and most smokers do not get it. I have worked up several patients with this complaint to see if they had a predisposition to things like atrial fib or flutter, or supraventricular tachycardia (svt), but did not find it. If you are having this problem, stop using it!
Answered 6/12/2018
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