Carol - I'm not sure of what you mean in the description of the chelated magnesium - buffered. Calcium is frequently used as a buffering agent and I'm not familiar with the Blue Bonnet version. You definitely don't want to be taking a combo product of magnesium and calcium - even if it is used as a buffer - because you'll still could be unbalancing the ratio. On Hans weby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - for now, unless there is some physician-directed reason that your husband is taking calcium, he should forgo using any calcium especially in supplemental form because many of us here have found that tends to increase afib as calcium is excitatory to heart cells...especially in the case where intracellular stores of magnesium are sub-optimal. Since 80% of the population is magnesium defiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Russ - no problem with opinions. Everyone is entitled to his/her own. Apparently Chris is highly successful but as you mention, he puts forth ideas/methods that aren't familiar to us. We tend to be skeptical of those. I'm all for success in turning around destructive, addictive behavior but as you say, he goes way beyond traditional methods which he says have a high failure rateby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Another comment by Chris Prentiss Going to the statement about fear and stress by Chris Prentiss - because he deals with addictive behavior and obviously, alcohol is included in this, he made another observation that I hadn't really thought about. He says: Alcohol actually burns the liver. The liver has no pain receptors so we are unaware of the damage done to the liver each time we conby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - not only is the preference and selection of food choices by the public at-large badly mis-guided, the fact remains that the food we do get does not contain the nutrients we expect them to have because of overfarming and use of fertilizers that just offer fast growth and don't supply an array of essential nutrients. I have watched people in supermarkets with carts full to the brimby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is a good commentary about paid research and vested interests, etc...by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great news, Faith - glad you are doing so well. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Suzi - I just heard a doctor say that an elevated creatinine level indicates a person is just processing more creatine (into creatinine) and they may be getting more creatine in their diet than others do - or supplementing with it as in body building. He said that vegetarians will have difficulty getting enough creatine in the diet and their creatinine levels will be low. Unless it is abnormaby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi David - Regarding your comment.... ......HBP doesn't 'cause' AF, or there'd be millions more people with it (perhaps the majority) While it may not be the source of AF, HBP is caused by excess adrenaline and in some people, that excess adrenaline can also result in AF. Some people may have excess adrenaline and AF but not HBP. The excess adrenaline is typically wby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lynda - Dr. Braverman's book - "The Healing Nutrients Within" is a classic and a very helpful reference on amino acids as well. He believes that arrhythmias originate in brain dysfunction although when I heard him talk a few years ago, he didn't elaborate much on that topic even when I asked a question from the audience. He's an interesting physician and The Younger Yoby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Benj - I can't believe 6 months has passed so quickly. Glad you are doing so well and are also able to cope with the typical stuff that goes on in the big hospital-type settings. Celebrate the good news and enjoy life. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - when I first consulted with a rhythm specialist at the CCF long ago, I was given just metoprolol - nothing else and no such suggestion was made at the time about another drug. Eventually, a few years later, the antiarrhythmic (flecanide) was added since BB didn't help much at all. About that time I found this BB and learned vagals don't do well with beta blockers so I stoppby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - just verify if and when the time comes that the long ablation times aren't because someone is demonstrating or fellows are 'practicing' the ablation technique and that Jackman himself will be doing the ablation burns. When other centers are doing successful ablations in 3 - 4 hours, one wonders just how much more effective (and safe) the extra 6 - 7 hours really are. Iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Al - I'm glad you didn't take it either. And I'm also glad you found a doctor who listens and is willing to work with you. Older people may benefit greatly from slightly elevated cholesterol as it's needed for making hormones and brain functions that become impaired when it isn't available later on in life. If you didn't read the post a while back about what Dr. Aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Drug Combo Increases Stomach Bleeding A drug from the class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as Prozac, Zoloft or Paxil, added to a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), such as Motrin, Aspirin or Celebrex, can interact to increase the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, according to a report in current issue of Alimentary Pharmacologyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - I don't actually recall but think the instructions were to take as much NAC as you can afford - I think it was like 1200 - 1500 mg. and I took 200 x 3 a day of R-Lipoic acid. I still take both but in lower doses. And along with the NAC it is important to take vitamin C and plenty of it like 2 - 3 times more C than NAC - to bowel tolerance... of course. I had no problems but had tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gordon thanks for explaining/clarifying all that. It's good that you do have such good support care... and excellent that you are receiving the IV magnesium as that, alone, is apt to help you signifcantly more than many other alternatives. Somewhere along the line, be sure they check your serum potassium as well. As for enviornmental exposure, that's a whole other story and as you prby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diana - Unfortunately, yes, I have just had this year 3 AF events after my ablation which will be coming up on 4 years in a few weeks. I usually awaken with the afib - and then I get up immediately and do the PIP. Also - in your comment about taking a multi-vitamin. If I were you, I'd stop that for a month or two and see what happens. Often times fillers and other nutrients in variouby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - would you consider locating a nutritionally oriented healthcare professional to direct your nutritional intake of food and supplements? I can help you try to locate a contact. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dave - what I call "the essential trio" includes magnesium glycinate, potassium either in the form of gluconate, citrate or glycinate, and taurine. Specifically, start with magnesium first for a few weeks to get your levels up from your baseline which is probably on the low side. Then introduce the potassium and taurine. You can take with meals so you remember to take it. I'd sby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Wow - Now this is good news as my son moved to the Austin area not long ago - now if I have to go, I'll have a place to stay and visit as well. Does this mean his CA headquarters are just temporary? Any idea when he'll be in Austin? Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I love the animal stories. RR never helped me get out of afib or prevent afib but it sure helped me sleep through some anxious nights in the early years. One drop was all it took for me.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes - and I have no idea how long the effects last.... I presume a good long time if the quantities are ample and the duration is sufficient. The idea is to prevent cell damage and each cell has a different turnover rate. Jby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barry - you should read Chris Prentiss book to gain some insight on turning around your thought processes. It could be the answer to many problems. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gord - You really should be consulting with a cardiologist who has a specialty in rhythm disturbances or better still, an electrophysiologist (EP). It's difficult enough to find a cardiologist who truly understands arrhythmia, let alone try to deal with a GP. Fine people but most don't have a clue about managing arrhythmia and tend to go for the stock remedies which may or may not beby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - BB help create insulin resistance. If your diet is high carb and you already have insulin resistance you need to get onto an eating plan that will reverse the insulin resistance and you have do it before it gets to the diabetic state. Suggest you read the article by Ron Rosedale, MD the insulin resistance expert... Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diana - beta blockers block the production of adrenaline and in so doing, lower blood pressure. That's how they were initially used and still are. I was vagal; I also had low-normal blood pressure. Regular use of sotolol - my first drug - did nothing for my afib - in fact, I felt made it worse. I changed doctors and was given Toprol XL - did nothing for my afib - felt it made it worse.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - we have bantered this observation around for years now and we seem to agree with the points you make but we still haven't found an absolute etiology for afib. We each have our own set of circumstances. It does seem that there would be no real incentive to do expensive research and studies when it might be learned that AF was just a deficiency of XYZ enzyme or some other deficiencyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - Because I worked with radiation for so many years in the dental office, I was concerned about the extra doses for these procedures. I have information somewhere but you can just google that topic for each nutrient and get dosing information. I recall that Lynn and I looked up a number of them when we went through ablation and post ablation radiation... so we could be sure to dose up wiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great news Al. I only posted this because there are a minor number of people who have posted on this topic and I thought the book was a good reference for anyone who needed it. Keep up the good work! Dr. Peter Langsjoen is a cardiologist in Texas who works with statin-induced cardiomyopathy patients. I've heard him speak and read some of his impressive reports. He is able to offer soby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM