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Andrea - As I understand it, initially, some RYR products also contained additional pharmaceutical statins but are now banned by the FDA. Apparently some unscrupulous natura product bottlers were cheating to enhance the efficacy of RYR and were actually adding statins to the natural product (the same was true of natural products said to assist with erectile dysfunction and when anzlyzed, iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Another reason to keep your blood platelets from clumping with all the natural products we know of including plenty of Omega 3 fish oils, Ginkgo biloba, magnesium and nattokinase... to name a few. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pat - keep in mind that you don't want to lower the HR or Bp too low or it can be a trigger as well for AF. Quite often those recommending natural remedies for AF suggest the Hawthorn, but when I experimented with Hawthorn and because I was vagal and my natural HR and Bp were low/normal, it often triggered an AF event. If one has hypertension, then, obviously it can be a benefit. Jacby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
From a previous post on Sotolol... <; I, too, was given sotalol as a first drug when I began my AF journey. It seems cardiologists who are not really knoweldgeable in treating arrhythmias like to try that as a 'one-size-fits-all' approach to afib. I changed cardiologists to one who did specialize in arrhythmia but still was given a beta blocker (metoprolol). Eventually, I found tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Joyce - it's probably the tyramine content of the foods you mention. Very often people are highly sensitivite to tyramine... Remember Fran? Just do a Google search on tyramine content of foods... includes aged cheese, chocolate, fermented foods, soy etc. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Elizabeth.... that's what statins do. The RYR contains a natural statin called lovastatin. Read here: Be sure you add the CoQ10 or you can end up with mitochondrial damage. My symptoms were exactly as you relate. Even after I stopped the original statin many years ago, part of the '03 ablation protocol was to take a statin post-ablation. I tried the RYR first because of my historyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ivan - same is true for statins - can also cause liver enzyme problems not to mention the muscle problems from the interference with CoQ production. I was injured early on when statins were becoming the new medical vogue. While my cholesterol wasn't high, my former internest insisted it was important to use. I listened. My muscles were permanently damaged. Now I do my own thinking and oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello Lynn - I can appreciate your adrenal struggles. I had adrenal burnout for several years. Two MDs published useful books: Diana Schwarzbein, MD, endocrinologist who also had adrenal burnout wrote The Schwartzbein Principle II. This is the book my MD suggested reading to help with the program of specific foods and targeted adrenal support nutrients. Also, Jacob Teitelbaum's (MD) boby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - I doubt if 100 mg will be enough; at least 200 daily taken with a meal that contains some fat is typically the recommendation... some need more. My doctor uses SpectraCell Labs for the micronutrient analysis. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mark - good luck with that. Remember, that's not necessarily a high cholesterol number that is the cause for concern, but rather that lipids become oxidized and cause inflammation of the intimal lining of blood vessels and that leads to plaque buildup. There are many really good, natural antioxidants that can complement the RYR (including CoQ) so hopefully, you can maintain an acceptable lby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Welcome JD - As George advises, you can do plenty of reading here to get an idea of how many afibbers have successfully managed their afib using dietary and lifestyle changes and adding critical heart support nutrients. Please do take the time to start on the link he suggests. Also consider that there are cardiologists and then there are cardiologists. Many do not have a good working knowlby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Are you using any of the supplements suggested here on this forum? David Callans MD EP at U of Pa is well known as an outstanding EP. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Joyce - Sorry to hear about your headaches, stress and problems. I know a person who continued to have those headaches even with the BB eye drops until he switched to one called Timoptic. Also, magnesium helps with migraines. Stress depletes magnesium. I wish you well in solving this problem. Jackie Here are some study links for the NK to share with your doctor.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nick - ribose... the miracle supplement! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Josiah - which supplements? If you include B's, they often do that. I agree with George to try to get bulk powders when possible. The other solution would be to go to N.E.E.D.S. and see which of the hypoallergenic supplements they carry that match the ones you take. Any from Klaire Labs or ProThera are hypoallergenic. You can just empty the capsules if the capsule is the culprit.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mark - statins block the production of CoQ10. That's why downstream, there are so many consequences from statin use. When using any statin form, it's important to take abundant CoQ10. What's abundant? Hard to say because it's an individual thing but some recommend 300-400 mg a day. That was a very large dose of Lipitor. My neighbor (young) was taking 40 a day and one dby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Chris - I was discharged the next day and I felt absolutely fine. My instructions were not to exert for a week and after that mild exercise was fine. The heart is healing for 6 - 8 weeks and is in a state of irritability so you may experience ectopy or even AF. I had none. I could have definitely worked at home for a few hours of each day almost immediately if the work wasn't strenuous.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gregg - while some individuals may tolerate 3,000 mg daily of magnesium, I'd have to say that was rare due to the boweltolerane issue. As George points out, the important consideration for high dosing of either magnesium or potassium would be healthy kidney function. Most of the magnesium researchers indicate that supplementing with magnesium in low doses and ramping up the dose very slby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'd prefer to take theanine vs a drug any day. The theanine does not impair thought processes or the mind/speech coordination that drugs like Xanax do. The theanine allows one to be fully functional and in the higher dosing is very effective. I've worked with three people recently who think it is absoutely a life-saver. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nick - certainly, the testing will rule out Candida... if it's affordable and doable for you, then go for it; othewise, many people just assume it's Candida and use the Candex for a couple months. You can't ever totally eliminate Candida but the idea is to reduce it to levels of non-interference. There are other helpful remedies for Candia as well....NutriBiotic GSE - (Grapefruby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nick- I'd be suspect of Candida overgrowth. If you haven't started a regimen of Candex, it wouldn't hurt to start. You'll need two bottles - Hans has it on his website. Very often, Candida is at the root of bloating. When the yeast expand after being nourished by a carbohydrate food intake, they expand dramatically and that often then crowds the vagus nerve which can giveby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Peggy - Glad it was only an hour. For sure, stress and low potassium plus dehydration etc can set the stage just as you experienced. Next time, make a check list to be sure you do all the important things and take your water. I'd also use a couple of theanine prior to any potentially stressful event. Be well, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you Cyndie - you are correct - it can take a very long time to have cells reach saturation.... and if the 'wasting' condition is present, it's an on-going process. As McHale reports, often the heart needs an assist in the energy department and that's where the CoQ, carnitine and ribose come in, but the other player here must also be magnesium. For some,it will also beby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
McHale - I'm glad you are trying the ribose. If your heart needs that extra boost for the ATP production, then ribose is sure to help. I know it definitely did mine. You may find that later on, you'll want to add small amounts of both the magnesium and potassium just to ensure your electrolytes are optimal. In the meantime, just the ribose is often very useful. Good luck with youby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Justine - since the patented chelated form of magnesium we recommend - magnesium glycinate - does not dissociate in the presence of enzymes or stomach acid, it is doubtful that it would combine with a charcoal preparation. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
They also point out that the increased release of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) resulting from cardiac overload is reduced by testosterone. This could speak to the loss of electrolytes brought on by the release of ANP and the increased volume of urine... so by using testosterone, the electrolyte loss would be lessened. Yes? And if one keeps the optimal balance of electrolytes in check, theby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ivan - magnesium works synergistically with most nutrients and vitamin D is certainly one of them. It directs the calcium into bone cells where it belongs and not in soft tissue (like hardening of the arteries), bone spurs, etc. Right along with this comes the importance of vitamin K2 which also helps direct calcium into bones. Most elderly people are D deficient because the skin is no longerby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sharon - doubtful. The D directs calcium into bones rather than soft tissue. However, since we are all unique, for you, it might be. I take 10,000 IU daily and have absolutely no ectopy. If anything, vitamin D helps with heart muscle function. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes - Vinny - I can dig that out. I doubt if you'll find it on pub med... Cardiologist, Stephen Sinatra, covers it well in his book, Metabolic Cardiology... he devotes several chapters on how ATP is important in heart health and ribose is the path to ATP. I'm out for the day, but keep watching. I'll dig out my ribose references from the researcher who published his work forby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM