Ok...quick update. Saw the cardiologist today and he prescribed 120mg of Verapamil to be taken daily. Follow up visit in one month to see if there have been any more afib episodes. Anyone taken this med before? Can't seem to find much online about it. The doc said it is also used to treat hypertension (which I don't have) but he said it's primary benefit is to keep the heart muscles relaxed so, even if one does go into aFib, it likely wouldn't be accompanied by runaway pulse rate like my first two episodes were. I also started adding Mg to my supplement routine today. I've got the education in a little over a week! https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115063#msg-115063 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:06:05 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115090#msg-115090 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115090#msg-115090
It is always important to know what the serving size is.

The labeling isn't always straightforward. This goes for both food and supplements.

The food manufacturers want you to think (assume) the serving size is larger, but has less to it, and the supplement manufacturer wants you to think (assume) that it has much more to it than it does. It would be nice if some of them (the supplement guys, anyway) would just say this pill has "X" in it instead of hiding behind "serving size".

There is much more to reading the label than just reading the label.

lisa

]]> lisa s AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:21:17 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115086#msg-115086 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115086#msg-115086
4 capsules = 4oo mg magnesium

[www.iherb.com]

]]> Erling AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 26 Feb 2011 13:14:29 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115085#msg-115085 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115085#msg-115085
It's SOLARAY magnesium glycinate from Iherb.

Alan,

Please let us know how you go with the Verapamil.

]]> Jim in Oz AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:16:12 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115074#msg-115074 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115074#msg-115074
So true about all of us being different, and our need to pay attention to what our bodies are telling us. It seems that I am constantly tweaking this or that to see if it helps or makes it worse. I try to change only one thing at a time (and small increments), if at all possible. Sometimes, I feel like I'm my own guinea pig :-)

lisa

p.s. what brand mag is it that you are using. I wasn't aware of any brand that came in 400mg tablets, and cutting down on the number of pills would be great!

]]> lisa s AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 26 Feb 2011 05:41:23 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115067#msg-115067 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115067#msg-115067
I take 800 mg (2 tablets) magnesium glycinate per day now after experimenting with higher doses. When I take more of the magnesium I get headaches and dizziness and have to back off - what did someone say about us all being experiments in one????

]]> Jim in Oz AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:37:04 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115066#msg-115066 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115066#msg-115066
Are you taking magnesium? If so, you might be the first to report constipation while doing so. Without looking up your posting history, is that the only side effect you have had for this drug?

lisa

]]> lisa s AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:14:31 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115065#msg-115065 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115065#msg-115065
]]> Jim in Oz AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:58:35 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115063#msg-115063 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,115063,115063#msg-115063
Anyone taken this med before? Can't seem to find much online about it. The doc said it is also used to treat hypertension (which I don't have) but he said it's primary benefit is to keep the heart muscles relaxed so, even if one does go into aFib, it likely wouldn't be accompanied by runaway pulse rate like my first two episodes were.

I also started adding Mg to my supplement routine today.

I've got the education in a little over a week!]]> Alan AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:56:17 +0000