Which form of magnesium for pvc's? Taurate? Glycinate?
I an active, "young" 73. Have had pvc's for a couple months. Heart monitor showed a little over 1000/day and almost as many pac's per day. Dr. Upped my beta-blocker a little, which hasnt helped, and is referring me to a cardiologist (waiting for them to call for appt). Normal EKG and echo essentially normal but GP wants cardiologist to talk to me to explain everything. Magnesium was low side of normal. Have been on a PPI for a year for GERD. I understand serum Mg isn't a great measure of your true Mg situation. Am thinking of taking Mg supplement and for those of you who have been helped by it, what form are you taking? Taurate? Glycinate? Can you recommend a brand? Am so tired of this feeling! I get anxiety on top of it when I start feeling like they'll never go away. I don't want to live like this the rest of my life. Thanks so much!
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Everyone is so different. After a lot of reading I landed on magnesium glycinate for its superior bioavailability. And since reading a post here about CoQ10 I switched that to Ubiquinol. Then I added 500mg taurine. My horrible bedtime postural ectopics have stopped! My heart is so calm at night now. There are studies that support this but I have three cardiologists and all they did was give me beta blockers which barely worked and caused hair loss and interrupted sleep. For what it’s worth this is my new regime along with everything else I’m doing for my heart.
When I started using ubiquinol on my dog for a heart murmur the Vet also recommended adding taurine. The new dog food we bought had taurine added to it. I take ubiquinol in general because I have had an ablation and occasional issues with PACs and PVCs. Right now I am in a bad period where I am not getting the usual results from 400 mg of ubiquinol for the PVCs act. I think it is time to add Taurine.
Actually not true. Different forms are better than others and differently absorbed form each other....some cause certain side effects while others dont. Some are better for arrythmia than others.....so "picking up the loosest on the shelf" is really unhelpful and untrue.
https://livermedic.com/blogs/learning-center/which-forms-of-magnesium-should-you-be-taking-full-list
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/magnesium-types
https://www.nhc.com/blog/what-type-of-magnesium-is-best-for-heart-palpitations/
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/#:~:text=Habitually%20low%20intakes%20of%20magnesium,%2C%20osteoporosis%2C%20and%20migraine%20headaches.
https://www.nmi.health/magnesium-a-review-of-clinical-use-and-efficacy/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8249833/
None of these citation disputes what you claim per se, but they also don't disclaim what I say. They are all salts, if you read the various texts, and they all have a bioavailability to them. They all have different rates of absorption. They all have elemental magnesium, some formulations more than others. They all allow the digestive tract to take up magnesium, and if the kidneys are healthy, what is not needed will be filtered out and excreted within about 36 hours. Bottom line, buy what's cheapest, and use it. You'll get supplemental magnesium.
Made in the UDA is good but you need to find out where the ingredients are sourced from.
How much magnesium are you taking. What time of day do you take taurine and mag.?
I use Bioptimizers magnesium breakthrough (7 forms of magnesium). Recommend by Dr Mark Hyman ( functional medicine Dr) on his podcast
Hello, cgg. I've tried many things to reduce pvc's and mostly pac's, in my case. Two things have worked to reduce them dramatically: 1. Breathing very consciously, deeper than normal, setting up a sequence of breaths in, but on the exhale, purse the lips to control and reduce the stream of air. Doing this for 2-4 minutes frequently stops the PAC's cold. 2. Bending over. I discovered this by accident while in a 3-day extravaganza of PAC's & PVC's: I was leaning over picking up items from the floor, and they "magically" stopped. I then experimented with leaning slightly forward at the computer, and discovered that mine are related to posture. You may have to try some different positions to see how you're affected. 3. A third method that works sometimes is EFT or "tapping." Learn the sequence from online videos; it uses acupressure/acupuncture points, but you simply tap on the points. Watch a video to see how it's done. To my amazement, this often helps stop afib episodes, too. Let me know if any of these things also work for you! Cheers, Diane