Meds for Afib and Rapid Heart Rate
 

A good friend who was a great mentor on my alternative healing path just went thru an episode that put her in the Kaiser hospital for 5 days, they ran tons of tests put her out for a day or so, it was wild for this holistic person. She was finally let out and came home with probably 6 drugs from warfarin, lasik blood pressure meds and others. The Kaiser people took her off natural thyroid and now finally she's back on thyroid but they shoved synthroid on her.

She has the afib dx and had been having depression and high anxiety, waking up in a panic attack many mornings. I think a lot of her stuff is losing a friend who moved away and now she feels so alone. She really has no hobbies or interests.

She has gradually gotten back on grape seed extract which she has taken for a month longer than which is 20 yrs.

She was not taking fish oil and very little magnesium if any for many years. I don't know what to say. She's so fearful of going off some of the drugs so she hangs with them. Kaiser checks her viscosity about every week. Blood is thinning now. Grape seed ex is supposed to keep blood cleaner and thin. I guess one needs to go with the meds and see how things go. Cayenne is good for cardio and I worked with cayenne years ago when my BP was elevating. Read the book: Left For Dead. Wish I could help more. She said her heart rate was 222 when she checked in the hospital. C

I would double check everything in these interaction checker sites - even the vits & supps..
Here is a post with links -
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/post119701-16.html

Caroline2, Thank you so very much for your reply. I have been so overwhelmed these past weeks, I didn't even see it until today. I especially appreciate the mention of grape seed extract and cayenne. We used to take the g.s.e. all the time, but gradually forgot about it over the years, as we got in a regimen that became our habit. Magnesium has always been a part of that, along with calcium and potassium. In fact, the doctor prescribed potassium citrate, & I researched that one right away. Especially because my husband was surprised it was so expensive, even with coupons he could find. I discovered that he could continue taking the potassium gluconate we've always taken, but just had to increase it to 8 a day to equal the amount of the prescription. We parcel it out into several portions throughout the day.

Also, you reminded me of what I used to preach about in my younger days, the cayenne. How could I have forgotten that?? We used to always make a garlic soup if we were coming down with a cold, with a healthy dash of cayenne pepper in it. It worked every time to knock that virus out. But also, I'll always believe in high doses of vitamin C for just about anything that ails you.

I'm sorry about your friend. It sounds like a grief reaction with her. I've wondered some about that with my husband, too. After working for the same company for 44 years, they "let him go" a year ago. I think the stress of that has hit him harder than I realized. He has always been so healthy. To me, you are a very good friend to her, and she is blessed to have somebody who cares so much. I hope she can find her joy again and her heart will heal.

Blessings.

Good to hear back from you. My friend that I spoke about is now looking into
Dr. Sinatra's 4 awesome heart supports. We've been talking about DRibose here and I mentioned it to her and now she is going to start with DRibose. I know she wants off the meds the kaiser people put her on. DRibose helps with energy including the heart. Our hearts get tired.

http://www.drsinatra.com/best-heart-...s-to-consider/