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Not disagreeing with Carey,, I think home INR testing is also available as an option. You get a machine and do it yourself.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteln108 You can take as much Vitamin K as you might reasonably want for better health without any problems with these NOAC drugs. These drugs are not Vitamin K antagonists. My understanding--others can comment--is that Eliquis works on a different pathway, unrelated to vitamin K, to reduce clotting. I concur with Lance.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteAnton George, How can you tell PVCs from PACs using a Polar heart monitor? I use one but only reads heart rate---beats. Anton, this is looking at an "r to r" (RR) or beat to beat recorded file. Most heart rate monitors (HRM) average the heart rate over 5 or more seconds. Additionally, some software will filter out artefact in the data. What I'm looking for are the indiviby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDaisy That is the reason I posted. If you weigh less than 154 pounds don’t risk your life by taking 300mg. It’s a black label drug. I almost died according to many. As GeorgeN said, it’s not a drug to trifled with. I also take flecainide (75 mg x 2) and weigh less than 154 lbs. I have used flecainide for conversion a couple of times but it only took an extra 50mg dose and my EP has neverby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sam, you are not in the US, correct? It looks like there are some lenses in Europe that help. See here.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Quotecolindo My last afib event which was about 6 weeks ago coincided with a bout of gout, my uric acid levels were high In this podcast, nephrologist & researcher Rick Johnson MD gives, among other things a master class in uric acid.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Quoteggheld The Cardiologist also serves as an Internist for health issues other than heart that may affect my heart; i.e., gout ... In this just released podcast nephrologist and researcher, Rick Johnson MD gives among other things a master class in uric acid, also fructose. Nothing in particular to do with afib.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d iMHO one should get two medical opinions before taking 300mg flecainide. I can’t stress it enough from experience of near death foolishness. My trusted EP said no because I didn’t weigh enough for the 300mg dose (what is it? Around 150-160 pounds for 300mg dose?) The maximum dose for flecainide is 200 mg for those weighing under 70 Kg (154#) and 300 mg for those over. At the timeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth George: When you were in AF for 2 1/2 months and went back in NS rhythm did it happen all at once or was your heart in NSR off and on until your heart finally stayed in NSR? Liz Hi Liz, it was terminated with 300 mg flec. That and the next episode a month later both took 20 hours to convert. The EP did not think the flec would do it and initially told me to take it, thenby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe Sorry George! I was quoting from my memory reading this book a few decades ago - obviously my recollection is wrong .Will read the link to his book you provided soon. He's the guy who discovered his allergy to eggs when he was a med student??? Seem to recall that establishing a true resting heart rate was one of the rules? E.g. it could be a problem should one be allergic to houseby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN Suppose one has to get the basics right first? Eat so blood glucose levels remain fairly constant and optimal. Don't consume/expose to anything that increases heart rate by more than 15 BPM (except for exercise) as George mentioned in another thread (valid once we establish what our normal resting heart rate is). Make sure we aren't burdened by heavy metals and other enviby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe Suppose one has to get the basics right first? Eat so blood glucose levels remain fairly constant and optimal. Don't consume/expose to anything that increases heart rate by more than 15 BPM (except for exercise) as George mentioned in another thread (valid once we establish what our normal resting heart rate is). Make sure we aren't burdened by heavy metals and other environmenby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePompon All this to say I'm doubtful about the fact that a dose of any remedy could be (equally) efficient for any afibber. I think this illness and any solutions are very individual. My standard for trying something is asymmetric risk. In other words, limited downside to trying something with the upside being that it works. 15 years ago here, there was a large cadre of people tryiby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
To make it easy, here is the thread link. Steve's most recent post including info about his dad.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGregH One note on lactate - Peter Attia and others (this was not discussed in his interview w/Inigo) often misrepresent the zones with regard to actual measurement of lactate.... It took me two years to decide that competing in anything that resembled an endurance event was inappropriate for me. Likewise I decided I should not join my friends when they do long endurance activities. Rathby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've linked to some of breathing teacher Patrick McKeown's resources in links that are in linked posts above. Here is his method to unblock your nose in video & text. PDF book.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDavrosT I have to say that after I developed some food allergies a couple of years ago just out the blue, I had to change my diet because the bloating and stomach issues were making the ectopics worse too. I posted here about using Dr. Arthur Coca's approach to help figure out my lifelong autoimmune issues. Prior to that, I'd switched to my doc, Steve Gundry's approach asby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGregH Ken - in my experience, based on the athletes I know and doctors I see, there is a decent group of people aged 30 - 50 who have this. In fact, Currently, there is research being conducted looking at AF by way of 'endurance' vs. hereditary and the different risk factors, treatments, interventions. THIS is one example of cyclists/triathlete who have had AF and returned toby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteKen 30 seconds if fine, but I can tell in 5 seconds with fingers on my carotid pulse. I concur. Like the old "name that tune," "name that rhythm in 4 beats or less..." I can try to delude myself when taking a radial pulse at 3 AM, "that really isn't afib, I don't need to take flec." This is when a monitor is handy. I have a hard time denying thby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nasal breathing has been a focus of mine for a long time. I use it as a signal as to whether my exercise is too intense (if I have to open my mouth). I also tape my mouth shut at night to clean up apnea patterns that showed up in an overnight heart rate vs. time recording. I've posted about breathing a number of times: Mouth taping at night Breathing to convert to NSR Breathing iby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have no data, but I could envision that anorexia could have a negative impact on electrolytes and certainly for some of us, the electrolytes have a huge impact on having or not having afib.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Thanks GeorgeN. I’ll still try safib approach of reintroducing the supplements as a precaution. Maybe it’s the lisinopril...my PVCs are violent in the evenings I think that is a great approach! We are all different and different "fish oil" or CoQ10 products may react to each of us differently. I know you are sensitive to many foods & etc. I've also had autby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Our doc has us take 3x50000 IU's D3/day for 3 days at the inkling of a cold. This protocol is supposed to stimulate the immune system. My experience is that it mitigates symptoms dramatically. The cold may still last a while, like 10 days, but in a very mild form. I will also do this if my spouse presents with a cold and it seems to ward it off.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
FWIW, I consume a lot of fish oil, my doc wants me to have a high Omega 3 Index, and on my most recent test in Nov it was 14.7%. I also consume ubiquinol as it seems to keep my Lp(a) in range. Ubiquinol is the active form of CoQ10. I have very few ectopic beats. I take no meds on an ongoing basis. I also recently started consuming research grade plasmalogen a glycerophospholipid containing aby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotemwcf Same story here Dean/Steve. Milk at school and at home and even 'recreationally' on top of that via loads of milk shakes that were 'all the rage' in the late 60s early 70s. I was still avidly drinking cold milk and having cereal with it every morning up until age 35 or so. . I was in the gallon a day club as a teenager and drank a lot before that. Don't recalby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteElizabeth George: (the ekg shows the atrial activity, for example fibrillation, but the stethoscope doesn't. From the valve closings that we hear with the stethoscope, we don't know for sure if the atria are fibrillating. It seems that the best we can do is to listen with the stethoscope while connected to an ekg and look for correlations between the stethoscope and ekg in ordby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Apple Watch: Doctor sues Apple for violating atrial fibrillation patent Here is the doc's patent. Though the patent covers a number of methods, it looks like Apple measures radial pulse using light. It then analyzes the data, looking at the pulse rate variability to determine whether it is afib. There are some issues here. One is that the pulse wave amplitude varies from beat to beatby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotemwcf When I had an Exatest in 2010 it showed IC Ca at 7 (3-5 normal range) and IC Mg 31.8 (34-41 normal range) so I'm way out of whack there for sure and that, I believe, is my problem - as it was my mother's and still is her 2 sisters. I'm hoping working hard to get IC Ca down will let some Mg in there to try and calm things a little! I've had one Exatest - in 2004.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Yes Peggy...as an old timer of almost 16 years lurking on this forum, I remember PC (Wasn’t he a MD?) from Hawaii posts. I hope he is still well and free of AF. Hey Susan, yes, PC is an MD, is doing well and he posted several months ago (under PC, MD rather than his old PC username). In this post, he notes: "The importance of magnesium and potassium in LAF, Prinzmetal aby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Can't say this is your issue, but in The High Blood Pressure Solution, Richard Moore MD PhD suggests a 4:1 ratio of potassium to sodium on intake, primarily from food. He also notes that hyperinsulinemia will signal the kidneys to conserve sodium and excrete potassium. Hence he suggests that the blood pressure relationship to sodium isn't so much based on intake but excretion (or lackby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM