Carey, thanks once again for your reply; your information has been very helpful for me. I did increase my exercise and it has really helped to improve my unsteady walking and lightheadedness, to the point I went walking outside for 30-40 minutes the last two days (which I haven't done for a long time). Yesterday through the day I did a combined 1-1/2 hours of light exercise, walking on tby Vince - AFIBBERS FORUM
thanks again for your reply Carey. I am now on 240 mg diltiazem and seems to meet the HR < 100 criteria. However after 23 days I am still suffering from metoprolol withdrawal - including heart rate more sensitive to activity whether or not I have AF; more AF than usual; "low AF", by which I mean AF down to 60's and 70's bpm which did not happen before; unsteady walking; liby Vince - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you for your kind reply Carey. I have persistent AF and switched from metoprolol to diltiazem CD 120 mg daily a week ago; tomorrow I begin 180 mg daily. I have been experiencing periods of unsteady walking and periods of mild to severe feeling wired/hyper/jittery when I don't seem to have outright AF. Has anyone else gone through this? I am only below 100 bpm with AF if I lie down. Tby Vince - AFIBBERS FORUM
Could someone comment on what are typical doses of Diltiazem CD for various stages of AFIB? Is 120 mg very low dose? Or could you refer me to another reference for information. Thanks.by Vince - AFIBBERS FORUM
these are the links I mention above:by Vince - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Thanks for replies thus far. Further to my post of November 4, 2015, I have given below two more links to papers which get into much more detail on this theme. What the author is saying is that serum blood testing is not reliable for monitoring topical delivery of progesterone, estrogens (estradiol, estriol, estrone) and androgens (testosterone, DHEA). Note that the author is being very speby Vince - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hello, I have had AFIB for about 3 1/2 years. I have been using Androgel for about 8 1/2 years. I use Androgel 1%, one 5 gram packet daily, which contains 50 mg of testosterone. Recently I have come across several papers in which the authors question the amount of testosterone being prescribed and the testing methods being used. (I give links for two below). In brief, they are saying thatby Vince - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM