Will I need to take medications even if I have a Pacemaker

Will I need to take medication even if I have a pacemaker? A pacemaker is used for slow heart rates in atrial fibrillation. So atrial fibrillation tends to cause faster heart rates. There are certain situations where trying to slow down the heart with medication for the fast heart rates causes it to be too slow and so in those situations it may be that your doctor recommends a pacemaker. The pacemaker will be implanted, a wire will be in the heart to detect if the heart is going too slow and stop the heart from dangerously going too slow. Your doctor may recommend that you continue taking the medication to slow your heart after the pacemaker to stop it going too fast. So in summary there are some patients where the heart goes too fast when in atrial fibrillation but sometimes medication for that can slow it down too much and that situation where it's very difficult to control with medication a pacemaker may be appropriate so those medications to slow your heart down can be given without the worry that your heart will slow down too much because the pacemakers there to protect that from happening.