Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Support Group

Atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) is an abnormal heart rhythm (cardiac arrhythmia) which involves the two small, upper heart chambers (the atria). Heart beats in a normal heart begin after electricity generated in the atria by the sinoatrial node spread through the heart and cause contraction of the heart muscle and pumping of blood.

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ray2600 07/19/2013

oK I AM AT COSTCO CAN ANY ONE TELL ME WHAT type of magnessium i can take and what type of magnessioum please .

i am so confused , i was told that with magnessium i am suppose to take some calsium .gnc sells one but i am not sure .

help

ray

ray2600 07/19/2013

ok so i got the following

nature made magnesium 400 mg and also mega red 500 mg omega 3 krill oil

so what do you guys think

marikay234 07/19/2013

Don't see a problem with the magnesium.
Make sure you Dr knows about the krill oil, should have your INR watched closely. Fish oil can raise INR.

lapopessa 07/27/2013

Chelated Magnesium has a better absorption rate.

yogacat 07/27/2013

Yesterday, my EP told me to take 400mg Mag. oxide to reduce intensity of palpitations.

pacyetep 07/27/2013

Yogacat: Thanks for that info. -petey

terryhf 07/28/2013

I take it in powder form - "Peter Gillham's Natural Vitality Natural Calm". A chiropractor I saw recently suggested I take the magnesium + calcium formula since I'm not taking any other calcium supplement and increase my dosage of a heaping teaspoonful from twice a week to every other day. I changed about a week ago and haven't had an episode yet.

IslandLuvr 07/28/2013

But a caution... I took Natural Calm before bed and had a full blown afib episode and wound up in the hospital by ambulance.

My doctor says that magnesium relaxes your muscles, including your throat muscles. He thinks that the magnesium before bed caused a sleep apnea reaction... an obstruction which triggered the afib.

DougL 07/30/2013

I've been using this form of magnesium:
http://drcarolyndean.com/2012/09/pico-ionic-magnesium/
They claim 100% absorption. I use a 'pill-in-pocket' approach and my pill is 300mg Rythmol. Normally it may take 3 hours to get out of afib but last time I put a 1/2 teaspoon of pico-magnesium under my tongue and took the Rythmol and was ok after 1 hour.

By the way, did y'all see my post on high blood iron being a contributing factor in afib? My ferritin was 1350, or 27 times normal . The condition is called Hemochromatosis. Now that I'm getting the iron reduced (plebotomy every week) the afib episodes have dramatically reduced also and the usual triggers - don't, (at least the little experiments I tried so far).

pacyetep 07/30/2013

Doug:

Which of the 3 products do you use and how much per month? Also, I looked up Hemochromatosis. Approximately 1.55% of the population has it. I had never heard of it before. Can you tell us how/why you got tested for it? I have had comprehensive blood tests... tell me which one was used. I'm pretty sure my iron was tested but I'll have to make sure. Thanks for the info.

petey

yogacat 07/30/2013

BP(before Pradaxa) I used to give blood regularly. Over the yrs. I was rejected twice because of too much iron. They could tell by the little pinprick blood test they give you when they interview you.

I will definitely mention it my next dr. check up. TY!

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