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I need to discontinue 12.5 mg once a day of Metopolol. Is this dangero
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Jan 16 11:51am | Replies (47)Comment receiving replies
@carbcounter Well yanno, I'd be thrilled to be be able to substitute chocolate for the 150 mg/day of the beta blocker I take (metoprolol) to control my heart rate and keep the arrhythmias under control! Imagining that'd be a truckload of chocolate every day, and I could vary what I eat because I never met a chocolate candy I didn't like. Hmmmm, what would I start with....?
Dove Bars to start with, milk chocolate......
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@marybird fwiw you want the dark chocolate for the maximum effect, I always recommend Lindt bars, they have 85%, 90%, and 95%. About an ounce of any of those and you may feel it within an hour or so.
(normal "dark chocolate" is about 40%)
They say milk chocolate does not work because the milk solids block it but I have a different theory, I think the milk solids just buffer it so the effect takes place but hours later and lasts longer, but since there's just less chocolate in milk chocolate you'd have to eat 2+ ounces with a lot of sugar involved, and it's something I don't think most people would want to do every day.