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Mike - you need a good base (intracellularly) of magnesium. Then you need daily optimal stores of potassium as that is really helpful for prolonging the refractory period. Short periods lend toward increased AF. Taurine helps stabilize what stays inside the cell and what stay out... ie... it helps keep magnesium in and calcium out... calcium being excitatory... and the same is true with potby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike - for what it's worth.... I took both Flec and Toprol XL... the BB made me feel worse, lethargic etc. When I learned from this website that BB were contraindicated for vagals, I stopped and just took the Flec which controlled the arrhythmia reasonable well until I began the escallation of events that I described in the recent (other) response to you. After ablation, Dr. Natale prescriby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes, yet another thing to coerce patients into using statins. There are many successful natural anti-inflammatories to use without resorting to stain drugs with side effects including a diet that is not pro-inflammatory. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I understand that, Hans, but you know, here in the US, with the standard of care guidelines etc... many cardiologists feel that if they do not place the patient on warfarin, they are at risk of being negligent and all that implies. During a recent webinar, I asked the question of Dr. Lindsay* who replaced Dr. Natale, at the CCF if they distinguished between AF and LAF. His response was thatby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - detoxification is a process to be combined with a special eating plan and then both supportive nutrients as well as detoxing nutrients. It would be best to try to find a practitioner who can help direct you since you are now on the drug. I wouldn't want to see you stop the drug since it seems to be working thus far. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Mike - I'm very pleased to see your post on your excellent progress for getting a handle on healthy habits. Your body and heart will love you for it and respond with benefits you probably haven't even begun to recognize. I commend you for your efforts because I know how very difficult the challenge can be. Stick with it. I hope that you won't need ablation at all once your bby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I took 300 mg. flecainide for about 6 years and my Bp remained on the low side of normal consistently. But, everyone is different biochemically. See my note to Mike F. I think some individuals have difficulty detoxing drugs and toxins more than others and when overburdened, hypertension is one consequence of many. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Cyndie... sorry to see your post. You have to do what you think is best for you. Good luck with the ablation. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike - My experience with flecanide - dosing at 300 mg (BID) for about six years led me to think that it had become proarrhythmic since during the last year I was taking it, my breakthrough afib events increased significantly until they were daily or every other day... sometimes only 4 hours of NSR between events and my whole life was in total chaos. That's when I made the consultation datby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dick - you got me thinking about the glucose and CRP... found this by the expert... Dr. Ridker.. he's concerned with the insulin level. Dr. Ridker: As insulin resistance rises, so do CRP levels. Insulin resistance is not part of the US definition of metabolic syndrome because we do not have a simple way of measuring it. CRP provides a nice correlation to insulin resistance, but is veryby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Also - this is interesting ....by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dick - I don't know about the glucose elevation; I've not seen that mentioned; the fibrinogen seems reasonable although my fibrinogen was elevated in the past on several occasions but my HS CRP remained very low... Here's an opinion on HS CRP measurements: Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I would think that there would be a delicate balance between heating the tissue enough for an effective lesion but not enough to cause collateral damage. Dick - this was precicely the point... too much heating caused damage and the emphasis was that it takes a trained eye to recognize via the microbubbles when to stop the power (heat)... if you burn through the heart wall, it's too late tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dick - rhodiola is known to be both calming and stimulating. It's probably like many others... one has to try to see how it works in their biochemistry. I took a combo stress reducer that contained rhodiola and was fine with it... but I couldn't take carnitine or hawthorn and definitely not calcium. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello, Jim and Congratulations! Great to see your cheery message and to learn you are still doing well. It doesn't seem as if 5 years have passed but my celebration is coming up soon as well so I guess it has. Where's Newman? He should have reported in before you did. We were all three fairly close together in our dates. Best of life to both you and Diana. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Phil - I recently posted on sleep remedies... see here: <; You may find that taking magnesium glycinate - 200 mg. at bedtime will help significantly in reducing the heart activity. I presume you are saying it is not afib, just some flips and flops. If you haven't been reading here about our suggestions to take supplemental magnesium, potassium and taurine... please check out Confeby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lynda - at the risk of repeating myself, the Toprol slows down the HR to facilitate ease of self-conversion. I've not used Toprol with Rhythmol - only with Flecainide. The thought is that at the initial onset of afib, the heart rate is typically significantly elevated. The heart can't self-convert when the HR is fast...so if you can lower it with the Toprol, you stand a chance ofby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Continuous amiodarone for sinus-rhythm maintenance upheld in randomized AF trial October 15, 2008 Chicago, IL - Continuous amiodarone therapy after cardioversion of chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) is more effective at maintaining sinus rhythm and yields better clinical outcomes compared with an "episodic" regimen, in which the drug is discontinued after four weeks and reinstated only if repeatby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Cyndie - First, Congratulations! If you feel well and the afib is under control, I'd strongly consider cancelling with the option to get back on the list should something change. Leave the door open just in case... But...hopefully, you will continue on as many others have in successfully keeping afib in the background. I always feel if you can avoid an invasive procedure and the quality oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Just to share a personal experience with you, Im reporting on my Reiki I class results. Yesterday, I took an all-day class a bit over 8 hours of instructional plus hands-on - taught by the areas most highly recognized and practiced Reiki instructor, Sr. Ann Winters of Sophia Center at Ursuline College. Sr. Ann has studied with many well known Reiki Masters and has been with Ursuline for mby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dick - the Cardiac or High Sensitivity CRP is the one that targets more than generalized inflammation. Cardiac inflammation is a major player in heart problems including afib. It's always wise to have a fasting baseline glucose and insulin and repeat that annually if normal or every six months if borderline or suspicious. If there is a tendency for consistently borderline high glucose/iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Once again, no distinction between AF and LAF, but here's the news: Arrhythmia/EP Warfarin warning: Shortfalls in anticoagulation for AF up risks of ICH and embolic stroke October 10, 2008 | Steve Stiles Washington, DC - Most patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) aren't getting prescriptions for warfarin, and of those who are on warfarin, most aren't being anticoagulatedby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Cheney, 67, has a long history of treatment for cardiovascular disease that includes four MIs, the first when he was 37, two PCIs, CABG surgery, and placement of several implantable defibrillators. He has also received treatment for deep-vein thrombosis and undergone surgery for a peripheral vascular aneurysm.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Well, he's definitely not classified as an LAFer.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Valda- glad he's doing so well. Most likely, he is experiencing the typical PAC activity which is common after ablation but I can understand your concern. Is there any way you could go to a nearby medical center and just have a nurse there listen to his pulse and then help you 'feel' the pulse so you know what's normal and what is apt to be the PAC- type activity? If youby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
The designation for testing vitamin D is 25 OH D.... there are two tests... this one is the one you want.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good luck Chris - just focus on a very positive outlook and trust that all will go well. I wish you a safe and successful procedure and a speedy recovery. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks - I don't see anything greatly significant or even in sufficient quantity to make this product a 'wonder' supplement. It may be that for Linda's husband, he was deficient in trace amounts of one or more items and that combination made all the difference for him. So - Congratulations to him! Otherwise, the amounts are so small, they are almost negligible, but I'mby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Eric - Dr. Schweikert who worked closely with Dr. Natale at the CCF when they were both there at the main campus often spoke of transmurality. The discussion often then led to the advantage of using the temperature probe and ICE monitor equipment so the microbubbles could be observed. This heating of the tissue (along with plenty of experience) is an indicator of when enough power/heat is generby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM