http://knowledgeofhealth.com/controlling-atrial-fibrillation-without-drugs/

Hwkmn very good article.

nothing I would trust

Look on cardiologist Dr Sinatra's website for his recommendations on natural blood thinners. (I take good quality fish oil.) Sandra

Look at this website:

http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/jared-bunch-rhythm-of-life/exploring-natural-therapy-options-for-atrial-fibrillation/

It has some bad grammar, but what I took away from the website is that there are natural remedies for afib, but none that are reliable for stroke prevention.

petey

Yes that webpage is very good Petey. I'd seen it some months ago. If one cannot take prescription blood thinners, at least one can do the next best thing!

Hi....hwkmn and others have very good advice......
good luck to you

I think there is a very real market for reliable information regarding nutritional and supplemental alternatives to pharmaceuticals. And by this I mean real clinical studies comparing supplements to pharms for specific conditions.

What I've read concerning supplements basically amounts to, "it worked for my brother-in-law". This kind of anecdotal information is dubious at best, and dangerous at worst. The main problem is that most doctors are not nutritionists, they are drug prescribers. Medical school teaches you that man-made pharmaceuticals are the best and only answer to our ills, when vitamins and supplements could possibly be a better alternative.

Because they're not as widely studied, vitamins and supplements and their interactions with other medications you might be taking are not known. In many cases, a mountain of evidence might support using a specific vitamin or supplement, but the exact reason why it works remains unknown to science.

Also, vitamins and herbs aren't regulated to know what you are getting. On top of that, if you are on "carrot therapy", no 2 carrors are alike. It is "hit or miss".

Believe me I have checked on any anticoagulant to find out if there was a natural way to go. I have even been told by a naturopath that there is not way to control stroke with supplements. Then I read from some writings of Dr. Weil and he said stay on the anticoagulant and supplements with Dr. approval.

I use Drugs.com to check for interactions of supplements and the Pharmacy as well.

I was on the supplements that Dr. Sinclair recommended when I got afib. I was working on protecting the heart from a targeted therapy for cancer. Other than the Hawthorne I was taking all the others before cancer......so I realize there is a time to use a allopathic Dr.

laurab

Forgot to mention that a few years ago when I refused to take some medication for fibromyalgia my youngest son ask me why. I just stated my hatred of meds.

He reminded me I have gone natural for years without much improvement, then he astounded me with some wisdom I now live by. "Do you want quality or quantity of life?" Some people recover from strokes with minimal damage and others live very poor lives afterward.

For me I chose quality, I don't take everything the Dr. recommends but I do my research and do what I feel is right for me.

laurab

Well said

When I was first diagnosed with afib I refused to take a blood thinner,
instead I took Natokenese a natural blood thinner. Before too long I had 3 clots, one in my calf and one in each lung.
It might work for some people but I will always be on a prescribed
blood thinner. That was very scary and dangerous.

I'm on Eliquos Don't even remember that I took it...very low reaction. Have you looked into Eliqous