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Magnesium glycinate

Posted by 713j @713j, 1 day ago

Does anybody take 400mg of the above for PVCs? If so do you take it all at once?

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jc76 | @jc76 | 3 hours ago
In reply to @713j "@jc76 I have 7.5 burden. No other symptoms. My EP did not specify a dosage amount...." + (show)
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I have 7.5 burden. No other symptoms. My EP did not specify a dosage amount. I thought I would give it a try.

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So you did check with or your EP was the one to recommend it. That is good at least they know not going to affect any other drug you are taking.

I mentioned this as there was steady post of taking potassium to help with AF. VFIB, PVCs, AVCs. This really sounded good. But I was told by my EP and HF doctors do not take any supplements or OTC without checking with us. I did that and my EP came back and said your blood test show you are at the high end of potassium so we do not recommend you taking a OTC dosage.

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jc76 | @jc76 | 3 hours ago
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@jc76 what medication were you put on?

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It is called Mexiletine. I take a 150 mg tablet. Which I was told was low dose.

Back in 2015 I had 5 shocks of my ICD/Pacemaker and went to ER. There the cardilogist put me on a drip of Amiodarone. It did work and my tachyacardia stopped along with my PVCs.

But I became concerned with the toxicity of the drug and the fact my EP had not put me on it the hospibital cardilogist did (this is at Mayo Jacksonville). My EP said we can try to slowy wean you off the Amiodarone and we did over several months.

My PVCs did got up but tacacarydia was only non sustanied. The PVCs kept getting worse and magnesium was not making any difference he recommended Mexiletine. He told me this drug was for tachycaria and PVCs reductions but did not have the same toxic affects of Amiodarone. Because of it low toxicity and leaves body quickly you have to take it every 8 hours.

I started taking it and my tachyacaridia reduced dramactically to just here and there for few second to none at all (my heart is monitored by my ICE/Pacakemaker which sends report to Mayo every 3 months). My PVCs were cut in half per my EP.

I hope this helped. Sorry for long post but wanted to post what got me to this medication and why.

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janetbender | @janetbender | 3 hours ago
In reply to @gloaming "If your kidneys are healthy, they will excrete overabundances of elements like Mg. The formulation doesn't..." + (show)
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If your kidneys are healthy, they will excrete overabundances of elements like Mg. The formulation doesn't matter because the liver and kidneys, not to mention other cells that need the Mg, will strip what they want/need and let the rest pass by in the blood stream. What matters is that you do supplement if you're not getting it from food. So, taking it in smaller doses is okay, but largely unnecessary. You can take the single pill if it's more convenient to do that, and it will be safe to do so once in every 24 hours.

The various formulations have some efficacy specificity, meaning they are better for some conditions than others, although the evidence is not hugely strong. The citrate formulation is the most easily absorbed, and it's dirty cheap. Just watch how much it takes to get your bowels moving so much that it becomes a problem; the citrate formula has that side-effect. I have taken citrate, bis-glycinate, and malate formulations, none with any detectable side-effects.

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I have ET and was recommended to take 133 mg Magnesium Glycinate every evening.

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713j | @713j | 1 hour ago
In reply to @jc76 "@713j It is called Mexiletine. I take a 150 mg tablet. Which I was told was..." + (show)
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@713j
It is called Mexiletine. I take a 150 mg tablet. Which I was told was low dose.

Back in 2015 I had 5 shocks of my ICD/Pacemaker and went to ER. There the cardilogist put me on a drip of Amiodarone. It did work and my tachyacardia stopped along with my PVCs.

But I became concerned with the toxicity of the drug and the fact my EP had not put me on it the hospibital cardilogist did (this is at Mayo Jacksonville). My EP said we can try to slowy wean you off the Amiodarone and we did over several months.

My PVCs did got up but tacacarydia was only non sustanied. The PVCs kept getting worse and magnesium was not making any difference he recommended Mexiletine. He told me this drug was for tachycaria and PVCs reductions but did not have the same toxic affects of Amiodarone. Because of it low toxicity and leaves body quickly you have to take it every 8 hours.

I started taking it and my tachyacaridia reduced dramactically to just here and there for few second to none at all (my heart is monitored by my ICE/Pacakemaker which sends report to Mayo every 3 months). My PVCs were cut in half per my EP.

I hope this helped. Sorry for long post but wanted to post what got me to this medication and why.

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@jc76
Thankyou

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nevets | @nevets | 36 minutes ago

I take 1/2 teaspoon magnesium citrate mixed in about a quarter glass of warm water daily. It's a product called
Calm and I use it in a powder form, unflavored. Doesn't taste bad at all. I take it each evening before going to bed. For me, it reduces ectopic heartbeats (PACs and PVCs). I do not experience any digestive issues or other noticeable side effects from the Calm product.

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