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Re: slight imbalance and ligthheadness - Today

Quotegloaming I don't know why you'd still (want to) be on metoprolol, unless it's for incipient hypertension. And why the flecainide? Do you still have arrhythmia now and then? I'm guessing the metoprololol goes with the flec as risk mitigation against 1:1 conduction atrial flutter. I agree with recording BP & HR.

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Re: Echocardio result - Yesterday

See the Google AI response to this search:

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Re: Iodine & AfIB - 6 days ago

I've taken around 50 mg (20 drops)/day of iodine as Lugol's solution (60% iodide, 40% iodine) for a number of years. There are notes I put together uploaded to this post from 2023: There is a broken link to Dr. Guy Abraham's papers. Here is one that works, through the Internet Archive: When I consulted with a person that runs an iodine FB group (and is a retired nurse wh

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Re: 2 yrs post ablation and now PVCs and thumps - 7 days ago

Have an personal friend who has had afib for over 20 years (never ablated). A few years ago he started getting lots of PVCs. He started taking 2.5 g/day of taurine in divided doses and the PVC frequency diminished materially. If I remember correctly, he initially went up to 4 g/day and was able to drop bacik to 2.5.

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Re: Av-node ablation - 8 days ago

My understandiung is that AV node ablation disconnects the atria signals from the ventricles. Hence the ventricles are not subect to the potential high rates and irregular beats that the atria in fibrillation can present. It does not stop the atria from fibrillating or fluttering, or any stroke risk that goes with the fib or flutter. You are then pretty dependent on a pacemaker. Susan has ex

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Re: Av-node ablation - 9 days ago

susan.d had one. Here is a search on her posts on the topic

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Re: Edema - 10 days ago

You might look up Manual Lymphatic Drainage (massage) and see if it is appropriate for your situation.

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Re: AFib/HF/Apnea - 10 days ago

Have a friend who's had afib for 20+ years and also has apnea & uses CPAP. With his CPAP, gets lots of data to interpret. I talked to him about mouth taping. He used it with the CPAP and his data were much more faborable. In my case, mouth taping stops apnea. This was my post on that topic:

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Re: Conversation with a Patient - Dr.Wolf and Debakey method June 2 podcast - 16 days ago

Your link fails. I believe this the correct one:

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Re: New SVT - 23 days ago

Hi Ken, Know you are fit, but even some who are fit (and young) have a lower CO2 tolerance. In this post scroll down to CO2 tolerance test and then follow the link and see how you do. This is something that is trainable. A decade younger than you, I have trained this for years. Today, I commonly rock climb with people 30-40 years younger. I'm carrying a 60# climbing pack up s

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Re: Post ablation questions - 27 days ago

Quotemjamesone I don't know who Jackie is, Jackie is a woman who has been an active member here since the early 2000's. She's now around 89 years old. She had an ablation with Dr. Natale around 2003 and then a subsequent one around 2015 (from memory). She last posted 11 months ago & I last chatted with her on the phone likely within the last year as well.

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Re: Newly diagnosed with Afib - 30 days ago

Your CHA2DS2-VASc score would be 3, two for your age plus one for hypertension. So they'd want to keep you on the anticoagulant. Staying on the metoprolol full time is a different question. If your heart rate is > 100 BPM for days or weeks, it can lead to cardiomyopathy, hence they prescribe the beta blocker to bring it down uinder 100. However if you aren't in afib persista

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Re: Potassium intake - 4 weeks ago

QuoteEricY Has anyone asked their Dr. if there is a test to determine your potassium and magnesium levels at a cellular level? There was a test, called the Exa Test that did that for magnesium, potassium & calcium (f my memory serves). all at the same time It was an intracellular test done with a cheek swab. They had data that correlated with tests done on people undergoing open heart su

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Re: Subclinical AF Burden Not Enough for Anticoagulation Decision-Making, Trial Analysis Shows - 4 weeks ago

Quotemjamesone GeogeN: "Just 0.4% of the 1693 patients who had data to calculate AF burden had the arrhythmia," That's 7 people who had afib. Their reporting thiis is meaningless IMO. The 0.4% refers to the monitored AFib burden, not the number of patients. With the conclusion that no benefits for anticoagulation in this low burden population (around 6 minutes a day) even thoug

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Re: Newly diagnosed with Afib - 4 weeks ago

I used it for a while. I ski, rock climb, slackline & etc. I had no real issues. I did cut myself fairly deeply with a kitchen knife and it did take a while to get the bleeding to stop. Like nonthumper, I applied pressure and bandaged it well and it was OK. I do have a higher genetic risk for brain bleeds, but had no issues in that area.

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Re: Subclinical AF Burden Not Enough for Anticoagulation Decision-Making, Trial Analysis Shows - 4 weeks ago

"Just 0.4% of the 1693 patients who had data to calculate AF burden had the arrhythmia," That's 7 people who had afib. Their reporting thiis is meaningless IMO.

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Re: deteremining afib status - 4 weeks ago

Quoteacantha I've heard of that and wondered if it could separate the atrial beats from the ventricle beats. My heart beat, even before the ablation (and it was persistent) was normal. Possibly flutter?

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Re: deteremining afib status - 5 weeks ago

Since your episodes seem to be fairly long, can you tell if you are in afib by checking your pulse? If not how about a Kardia monitor? I've used a Kardia for 12 years and when I break them by dropping on a hard floor like tile or concrete I can get new ones (single lead models) off ebay for $30 With either method you could test morning and evening and get a reasonable idea of how much ti

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Re: shingles vax - 5 weeks ago

I've had the Shingrix series without issue (and did have afib issues with the C19 vaxxes).

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Re: Potassium intake - 5 weeks ago

QuoteEdda And the result is a bit concerning. My BUN/Creatine ratio increased to 32.3 (reference range: 10.0-28.0). Everything else is normal: BUN 20, creatine 0.62, eGFR 95. What were BUN & creatinine individually before? I don't have medical training, but 0.62 creatinine looks low to me. How is your protein intake and muscle mass. I don't think the potassium, per se, would lo

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Re: Dairy Products - 6 weeks ago

I don't know, I have a dairy sensitivity, even to A2, so I don't consume any. I did consume brie prior to knowing about A2 and also my sensitivity (through blood tests) and what I learned, for me, was that too much calcium would "lower the bar to afib triggers." I was consuming enough brie (stress eating a wheel at a time), that the calcium was material for me. This was 14

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Re: Dairy Products - 7 weeks ago

From an autoimmune perspective, dairy from genetically A2 casein cows is better than from A1 casein cows. Fermented A2 casein milk products like yogurt & some cheeses are better. Goat and sheep cheeses are better they are generally rich in A2 casein and medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), which are easier to digest and less inflammatory than standard cow's milk products, as I understand

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Re: GLP-1 drugs lower AF risk regardless of weight loss - 7 weeks ago

Quotemjamesone After reading those trials, I was eager to get an Rx for a GLP-1RA after my stenting, even though I did not qualify based on weight. However, one of GLP's mechanisms is delayed gastric emptying, so in patients with underlying motility issues (like myself) they may be contraindicated, or at the very least ,cautioned. My niece, in her 40's, is using a peptide that duplic

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Re: generic for Xarelto - 7 weeks ago

QuoteCarey They are not. Generic 2.5 mg is available in the US but none of the other dosages are yet. Not sure why that is but I would expect it will rectify itself fairly soon. I read the issue is US patent protection for the other dosages.

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Re: generic for Xarelto - 7 weeks ago

Looks like rivaroxaban 20 mg generic is now FDA approved. Wonder if you can get that dose (I assume that is what you generally use) from the Israeli pharmacy?

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Re: Medication - 7 weeks ago

QuoteCarlorea Thank you George for the link to the paper. It seems that for the In-Hospital treatment the dose given was 200-300 mg of flecainide. However, for Out-Hospital episodic treatments, does not seem to include the dose, Unless of course its the same dose currently taken by the patients. The reason why I ask is that In February when I met with my cardiologist I told him that I was goin

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Re: Nasal Spray for SVT - 7 weeks ago

Jim, I was quoting you just to tag you and frame why I was posting my stuff, which could be considered off topic.

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Re: Nasal Spray for SVT - 7 weeks ago

Quotemjamesone For example, I'm sure if my tachycardia's are AV node-dependent or not. I volunteer with a group that provides indoor climbing opportunities for people with Parkinson's Disease. A retired MD I know with PD writes posts on Substack (with 47,000+ subscribers). I'd had an hour and a half chat with him a little over a week ago and he mentioned a post was going

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Re: KardiaMobile - 7 weeks ago

Quotesldabrowski I have found that the Kardia moble is not always accurate. I have had several ablations, and after my last one, every time I checked it said I was in AFIB. Sent to the EP and cardiologist that reviewed and said I was in NSR. I asked why it was coming back as AFIB and was told, the "machine" cannot always detect these subtle differences. For me, because of the ablations

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Re: Medication - 7 weeks ago

QuoteCarlorea I was diagnosed with AFIB in September 2025 and the emergency Doctor at the hospital prescribed : Bisopropol 2.5 mg//d + Flecanide 50mg ( 2/d) + Xarelto 20 mg/d The 50 mg flex 2x/d is a relatively mild dose (likely the smallest dose in the literature) as is the Bisopropol 2.5 mg/d. Xarelto 20 mg/d is the standard dose. At 140 pounds, you could be allowed to take an extra 100 mg/

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