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Jackie
Davros -
There are many positive, beneficial effects from L-arginine. However, a number of years ago, I recall reading about potential L-arginine side effects. Undoubtedly, it depends on how much you are taking as well as whether you have healthy kidney function (as reflected by lab tests).
The indication was that L-arginine can cause high potassium levels. As we know, high potassium levels (when magnesium levels are sub-optimal) can cause shortening of the refractory period or the time between beats.
The benefit of taking arginine to lower blood pressure is well known but there is a caveat indicating one should be cautious about taking it with ACE inhibitors or potassium-sparing diuretics (ACE inhibitors) which can also increase potassium levels.…so that apparently, was the connection that also led to the observation of the irregular heartbeats.
You might want to consider lowering your L-arginine dose considerably (or stopping) to see if your ectopic activity is less or is eliminated completely.
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I was having PVCs for several months ...non stop....and I was taking magnesium taurate consistently . I could not feel the premature heart beats, but they showed up constantly on my blood pressure machine and in my cardiologist's office. He ordered an echo which showed no other problem, but confirmed the constant PVCs. I was reading in another a-fib forum about someone who had solved the problem by switching his magnesium supplement to PHYSICIAN'S CHOICE MAGNESIUM BISGLYCINATE CHELATE which is on Amazon. I ordered it , thinking it would be worth a try, and much to my happy surprise, it worked for me! After taking it only a few days. I stopped having the premature beats. That was a couple of months ago and I have not had any premature beats show up on my blood pressure machine since then. It has definitely worked for for me and possibly it could help others. I realize that what works for one may not work for another...but I am so happy to have found this.