Heart Rhythm

[madharbk]

To: all experts/members
I am 64 year old man who is on medicine for HIGH BP, Diabetes and irrglar heart beat. I am taking Atenolol  25mg(OD),Ramipril 10mg(OD),Amlodipin 5mg(OD),ecospirin 75mg (OD),Telmisartan 40 mg(OD) for HIGH BP.
I am taking Metformin 500mg(BD), Glimpride 1mg (BD) for diabetes beside taking Ayurveda medicine.
I get -irregular heart beat every now and then which lasts for 24 hours.Doctor told me to take CARDANONE 100mg everyday but it gives so many side effects that i am not regular in taking it. My HEART BEAT GETS NORMAL after 24 hrs but come back after few days and again goes regular after 24 Hrs.WHAT SHOULD I DO TO HAVE NORMAL HEART BEAT as taking ATENOLOL in higher potency lowers my heart rate to 50 and below .
I am on these medicine for last 15 years except Telmisartan which i am taking for last one year and have reduced dose of Atenolol from 50 mg (BD) to 25 mg (OD)

            PLEASE HELP.

[granny877]

Hi jerry,
I take a magnesium supplement from healthspan 300 mg pure magnesium supplement which also has vit b's, biotin and vit c added in small amounts.
I also have my BP now under control so that mustmake a difference,
Granny 877

[Jerry_NJ]

What form of Magnesium and amount do you take?

I have been taking the (the least effective/cost) Magnesium Oxide.  I take one 400 mg per day.  I think I may get about 80 mg out of the process, which should help.  I can take more tablets, but so far am playing it "safe" with a low dose.

I do not detect any reduction in my AFib.

[granny877]

I am 66 and take atenolol 25mg, water pill small dose and a 75mg aspirin.  I have high blood pressure under control and have irregular heartbeats.  I was advised to take magnesium to help the irregular heartbeat and have done for the last 3 month with really good effect.  Magnesium is a mineral which we quite often do not have enough in our food and I just take a one a day supplement pill.
Hope this helps
from granny 877

[Jerry_NJ]

Unfortunately we humans tend to develop heart rhyth irregularities as be to into 60+ years of age.

I don't know most of the medication you are on, but there is a bunch of them.  Is there an anticoagulant in the list?  

I'm not saying I think you should be on a hard anticoagulant, like coumadin, but an aspirin a day might be a good idea to lower the risk of blood clot formation due to the driver of your irregularity...sounds suspiciously like atrial fibrillation, an aliment that comes and goes in many people.  I have it full-time, or permanent, myself.  I take a beta blocker (metoprolol) to keep my ventricle heart rate below 100 at rest, it also lowers blood pressure, so I suppose at least one of your medications is a BB.  The BB doesn't stop my irregular HB, it just keeps the rate under "control".