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Marshal - Thanks.... enjoy your vacation. You certainly deserve a relaxing time. Hope you are fully recovered from your surgery. Be well, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - My advice would be as long as you are on Coumadin and your AF remains infrequent, try to remedy with On Demand for as long as you can. If it is effective, I think it is far better to take it only when needed and perhaps you can stretch it out for a long time before it becomes proarrhythmic ...as so many drugs seem to do, either that or ineffective. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Adrian, Many happy returns of the day. Glad to see you are baking with heat - at long last. Best regards, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike - I definitely agree with the mind/body/spirit connection....and if you read my Calming My Heart Post a while back after ablation, you know that I definitely found connecting with the inner spirit of significant help. I did some energy work to release blocked or stuffed emotions and found the release definitely affected heart rhythm irregularities in a possive way. It is difficult to getby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Kevin - I know you asked about magnesium....but since I see Lipitor in your list.... I need to tell you that you MUST also take Coenzyme Q10....I would be taking at least 300 mg. a day...possibly more...how much Lipitor are you taking? 20 mg? The magnesium expert researcher, Mildren Seelig, MD MPH....says that to overcome magnesium deficiency, one must take over the daily recommended amoby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Isabelle....no need to apologize.... we can't remember every little detail and there are so many little details.... but... no, it was not I that recommended calcium in any form to any person. I did recommend potassium gluconate as an alternate to either potassium chloride or potassium glycinate....but I've never considered calcium in any form to be helpful to afibbers....just basby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
David - you can get that HH fixed through chiropractic manipulation. I had mine treated and it stopped my afib almost immediately. It took about two months of treatments before the AF went away completely - along with the other things I did and have mentioned in other posts, but the HH was definitely a trigger because it created hiccoughs for me and the minute I would hiccough, the AF would beby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ella - that is really a bummer.... I, too, rely the reputation of Natural Factors and especially Michael Murray. I wonder why the hydrolyzed protein...maybe we should write. Of course, you are correct...MSG. I hadn't noticed that when I used Omega Factors. I switch around from Metagenics and Carlson's...just in case someone is not truthful with the assay...I don't want to thby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sorry, Isabelle....no afibber should be taking calcium supplements unless directed to do so by their cardiologist.....or MD. It is just not necessary and is very contributory to AF. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Isabelle....as I mentioned...you need to go to those sources and read, read, read articles so you understand the essential fatty acids. Here is another source and a very good article.... Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Annie - I've saved my list of Q & A from the CCF where I had my ablation and will gladly share with you if you email me. This may be of some help to you. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Isabelle.... good for you in reminding us of this important factor. Mine is 43 Additionally, I'd like to comment that equally important is our knowing the numbers for other critical markers for heart disease and conditions.... namely Homocysteine, C-reactive Protein and Fibrinogen. Every afibber (and other people interested in maintaining heart health) should be evaluated regularly forby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Denise - you are correct that green leafy veggies do contain more potassium and that they do interfere with clotting... but you should only worry about that if you are on Coumadin.... Even people on Coumadin who do not give up greens, simply make sure that their green intake is very consistent from day to day so once they reach therapeutic level of Coumadin, they can stay that way. Often, theseby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Kieran - I take between 300 and 400mg. a day of potassium gluconate. You can take more. The warnings are there as mandated by the FDA. Too much will cause arrhythmias but it has to be a whole lot more than we are taking..... way back, the MD on this forum PC posted several times about the increased doses of supplemental potassium he was taking. I was skeptical because of the warnings andby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Howie - Sorry to learn of your persistent AF. There is a natural ACE inhibitor which works very well if you would want to consider trying it. I wrote a post here not long ago about it.... it's from Natural Factors - and is an ACE peptide made from bonito fish. If you can't find it in the search feature here, email me and I'll look up the information. At first glance ofby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Isabelle - the problem with corn and other vegetable oils such as soybean, canola, etc. is that they are highly refined products utilizing high heat to extract or process them and thereby taking on characteristics and processing impurities that are not healthy to the body and because they are made stable for long shelf life, they again, are complexed to not be healthy. Polyunsaturated fats suchby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Glenn - interesting observation..... when I was on Coumadin and taking 6 grams fish oil a day, it was difficult for me to sustain the 2.0 minimum INR...I guess we are all different. I defer to the clotting expert, Hans. Perhaps he has an idea for you. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
In addition to what they do add is potassium chloride. This replenishes the salty taste lost with reduced sodium. Why not just blend up some fresh veggies - tomatoes if you like and add a 1/4 tsp. of bulk potassium chloride? Or add to taste what you need. this would eliminate any commercial additives guised as natural taste ingredients. There is no real magic to low sodium V8 - otherby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Phil - in Hans' new book, you should pay particular attention to the part about nattokinase. Given that you have gone all this while safely, natto would just be a nice little adjunct to your present regimen. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Peggy - That's quite a testimonial! I'm chuckling as I type this...thinking, about apples, temptation, etc. Chocolate is probably more powerful than apples when it comes to that. First, I'm delighted with the results of your unintentional experiement, and second - I would think what started it was the reactive hypoglycemia and maybe more caffeine from the chocolate .... withby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Fish oil supplementation does not increase bleeding tendency OSLO, NORWAY. A group of Norwegian medical researchers reports that fish oil supplementation does not increase the bleeding tendency in heart disease patients receiving aspirin or warfarin. The study involved 511 patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery. On the second day after the operation half the patients were asby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
EPA DHA & Arrhythmia The brain-heart connection NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS. Dr. U.N. Das, MD of EFA Sciences LLC provides a fascinating overview of the many benefits of EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), the main components of fish oils. Dr. Das points out that an excess of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) is involved in not only coronary heart disease, but also in manyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
As Doctors Write Prescriptions, Drug Company Writes a Check By GARDINER HARRIS - The New York Times The check for $10,000 arrived in the mail unsolicited. The doctor who received it from the drug maker Schering-Plough said it was made out to him personally in exchange for an attached "consulting" agreement that required nothing other than his commitment to prescribe the company's medicines. Twby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Elaine - this recipe has been published from time to time on People's Pharmacy, the syndicated newspaper column, and people swear it works. Those have to be very happy raisins and maybe the patient as well if the raisins are really that saturated. I would just worry about the alcohol/sugar effect and the hypoglycemic after effect. Are you going to try it? Let us know. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Faith - Thanks for the enlightenment. This is good news for anyone who needs to take an effective lipid-lowering product. Very glad you brought it to my attention. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Well, Pete...that's a heck of a way to spend time in Hawaii... I am so sorry to hear all this...but the good news is that you have said Aloha! to the kidney stone. Now that that is over.... do try to relax and and enjoy those wonderful tropical breezes. A vacation is just that... a getaway. After all you've been through, you deserve a peaceful post PVI celebratory respite. I'mby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Kjell - one word, potassium. Try to get it from foods - you need to consume alot of K containing foods..... recently someone posted a great list on these foods and content. Or you can take supplements but you have to take quite a few tablets....or the bulk crystals like salt...potassium chloride - contain 650 mg. KCl for 1/4 tsp. Quite a bit has been written on the importance of potassiuby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - Some time ago, I copied for you the quote out of PC's report which covered baroreceptors.... can you locate it for a review? The easiest way to remember the function this is - break down the word - baro means (like barometer) change in pressure... and Baroreceptor is a sensory nerve terminal which is stimulted by changes in pressure. (Dorland's Medical Dictionary) Carol - hereby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is important: I should also have commented that anyone taking a statin-type drug and red yeast rice should also be aware they need to supplement with Coenzyme Q10 since statins deplete natural stores of Q10. If you have high blood pressure, arrhythmia, mitral valve prolapse, diastolic dysfunction of the heart, high Lp(a) or high LDL, you should begin taking 200-250 mg of CoQ10 (60-75 mg.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - you can call the CCF 800 number at 800 223 2273 - her extension is 49162 and ask for Michelle Williams in the EP area...she is Dr. Natale's administrative RN. Leave a voice mail and she'll call you back. Just say you are thinking of coming to Cleveland for ablation but you have some questions on your current medication, status and the MVP etc. Second - my book on drug interby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM