PVCs - any home remedy successes?

[WadeP]

Had ablation in 2002 & no AFIB since but plagued with PVCs ever since.  Just had another 24 hr. holter, echo, etc., and all normal except showed 4,000+ PVCs - benign.  So heart in good shape.  I exercise daily, am 6'4" - 180 lbs., 52 yrs. old and am on Flecinade and a beta blocker.  PVCs just seem to keep gradually getting worse(they're bad for a few weeks, not so bad for a few weeks, etc.) and now they're affecting my sleep and exercising (which really tees me off!).  Have been reading/investigating non medicinal ways to reduce the damn PVCs though I realize eliminating them is probably unrealistic.  Heck, I'd be VERY happy to reduce them to just a 'one a minute' frequency.  Have come across many posts supporting changes in diets as well as many variations/combinations of supplements.  I have, for a long time, avoided my triggers (alcohol, sugar, adrenaline, caffeine, etc.).  Have tried many different combinations of supplements and changed my diet but am feeling I'm wandering...trying this one week, and this another.  Much is trial and error and I'm getting frustrated and impatient. I want to hear from anyone who's had significant numbers of PVCs who, in turn, has had real success (assuming there is anyone) reducing them.  I don't care what they did...no possible remedy is too crazy or silly.  I realize what works for one may not work for another but surely there are those who have, perhaps through trial and error, persistence, research and a higher intelligent level than myself (not too hard to find) found success in reducing their frequency. If there is someone 'out there' who would like to share their successes, I'm all ears!!!!

[WidespreadPanic1]

I wore the Holter monitor a few days ago and I pressed the button 140 times.  Doctor said I had some PVC's.  I really do not think that he analyzed all of the episodes on the Holter monitor.  He is referring me to a cardiologist.  I wanted to say that I began taking potassium, magnesium about 1 week ago(the PVc's have been really crazy the last few months and have had them for about 4 years and last night I splurged on another supplement CoQ-10.  I took one at about 7:00 p.m. last night and by about 11:00 p.m. my PVC's stopped .  This morning too I feel great and have had like one PVC in the last 4 hours.  I can not wait to take my next dose of the CoQ-10.  I read about about many people having great success with the Co-Q10.  It is a enzyme that is for your heart and heart function.  It even says that on the label.  I also started Vitamin E last night and it is great for heart helth.  Go check out the CoQ-10 online or go take a look at the Wal-mar or health food store, it is not very cheap but I am thinking that this may just be the supplement that I am looking for.  I think that it has maybe done the trick after just one dose.  My heart would have already skipped about 25 times this morning and would have been trying to flip flop around when I tried to go to bed last night.  It has been skipping pretty constant for about 3 months now.  Pretty much all day.  I am thrilled to find this blog and so happy that the Coq-10 seems to be working so well already. It also may be the fact that is is one week since I started the Magnesium and Potassium.  I hear it takes those two supplements a week or two tom take effect.

[curmudgen]

Those of us diagnosed with benign PVC's and no evidence of coronary heart disease  should review their medications...  In my case I was taking ambien to get to sleep because the PVC's kept me up ( Holter study in Dec. "11 13,000/24 hrs) ... I also had symptoms of non-acid reflux GERD - abdominal pain.  After an internet search  I discovered a connection between ambien and reflux.  I stopped taking ambien in December, '11 and within a week not only my abdominal pain went away but so did my episodes of PVC's. I still have the occasional skipped beat but the bi- and tri- geminey that went for hours is gone, but not forgotten.  Even though I don't sleep as well I don't have PVC's.

[Salsy73]

Ive just been diagnosed with PVC's - utterly horrible - they started about 3 months ago but have become chronic beyond belief. My heart is flapping around all day, I have several every minute. Ive had an ECG but no holter monitor. My doctor advised me to go away and forget about them. That is rather hard, they feel dreadful and cause a kind of depression too I've found... Im terrified and heart rate is rapid, they go all through the night. I havent tried magnesium yet, im so far just taking Apple Cider Vinegar, but will go and find some magnesium this week..

[UHCLC]

Doctors are generally unresponsive when it comes to patients worrying about pvcs -- mine claims they are more of an annoyance than anything else. They obviously don't realize how scary they are. I'm on Sotalol to control mine, but I'm interested in the posts about magnesium. I never knew anything about that.

[JoeyGr]

HI. I've had tachycardia since the age of 11 - I'm now 56. I coped with them because my heart returned to a normal beat after an episode - coffee, alcohol, etc. would bring them on and they'd last longer. Recently things have changed - now it's an irregular heart beat many,many times a day - had an ECG doc gave me a beta blocker but things are only a little calmer. I'm not sure why things have changed and these are far worse than having tachycardia. I'm going to try magnesium but grateful for any more info.

[JoeyGr]

HI. I've had tachycardia since the age of 11 - I'm now 56. I coped with them because my heart returned to a normal beat after an episode - coffee, alcohol, etc. would bring them on and they'd last longer. Recently things have changed - now it's an irregular heart beat many,many times a day - had an ECG doc gave me a beta blocker but things are only a little calmer. I'm not sure why things have changed and these are far worse than having tachycardia. I'm going to try magnesium but grateful for any more info.

[PensiveP]

May I suggest that you PVC Sufferers have a couple of beers during an episode.
I guarntee your PVCs will diminish.

Chris (Ireland)