Managing and Living With PACs and PVCs

Thanks for your reply

Thanks for the replys

I take carvedilol for my PVCs and PACs. It’s a beta blocker

@rr1967
Stress can make both PVCs and PACs worse. Weight can also cause it to worsen.
Was magnesium suggested to you by your EP? If not asked about it. My EP at Mayo asked me to take it to help with PVCs but was already taking it.

I too took medications that lowered my pulse rate. This caused mor PVCs. My EP raised my pacemaker to 70 BPM to help raise resting heart rate from going so low. It did help but PVCs are still in my opinion a pain in the butt.

I can deal with single ones but the sensation of them happening 2 or 3 at a time is stressful and I am sure I tense up which does no good for PVCs. It is the old fight or flight and we do neither so stress and adrenline stays in our body.

Speak to your EP about anti anxiety medications and if okay to take magnesium supplement. The magnesium is being seen by a lot of EP as helpful

I take magnesium on occasion. 100mg of glycanite. What kind do you take and what dosage? I would agree slower heart rate seems to increase PVCs and PACs. I just started to take banana cinnamon tea at night for sleep seems to help for better sleep which in turn might reduce PVCs and PACs.

Ubiquinol (made with Kaneka ubiquinol). Note do not confuse with ubiquinone which is just plain CoQ 10). Ubiquinol is a fermented version of CoQ 10 but is highly absorbable. There is no down side to high doses 400-1000mg per day. It does not interfere with any cardiac drugs.
As we age we cannot absorb ubiquinone. We need the active form which is Ubiquinol. On a side note I cured my dog's heart murmur using therapeutic doses of ubiquinol (200 mg per day for a 40# dog) but that is another story :). I take 400 mg/day.

If you are taking a statin regularly, you should supplement your requirement for CoQ10, and as stated above, preferentially, by far, with the alcohol form. It's unfortunately quite a bit more expensive, but it's not bad pricewise at Costco.

@713j
I take a combination of supplements in one pill. It is Calcium, Magnesium, zinc. The preferred type is Magnesium Citrate. My doctor (EP) advised me to take 400 mg a day.

My EP a world reknown EP is Dr. Kusumoto at Jacksonville Mayo Clinic. He has also stated that weight has a real affect on PACs and PVCs as well as stress.

He has me on a drug called Mexiline (spell). I don't think it has reduced them much but they have me on lowest dose. I am working on the weight portion as pretty well stop watching it for all of 2023 as was undergoing treatment for prostrate cancer and then had MOHS surgery that required 6 stitches. So was not a time to worry about comfort food.

Getting a good night sleep will definitely help!

That’s for the info. Do you also take coq10?

I cannot stress enough do not confuse ubiquinone (CoQ10) with Ubiquinol fermented CoQ10.
As we age the human body metabolizes them differently. When we are younger < 30 we produce ubiquinone type CoQ10 and then we process it internally into the active form called ubiquinol CoQ10. As we age we loose the ability to convert ubiquinone into the active ubiquinol. Hence the need to consume Both are CoQ10 but different versions of it. A Japanese company has trademarked a specific kind of fermented CoQ10 under the name Kaneka. Many many brands use Kaneka and it will be listed on their ingredients. Note stay away from any supplement that uses the emulsifier called carrageenan. I have seen a Ubiquinol using Kaneka CoQ10 also add carrageenan.
Google Kaneka to better understand the differences. this forum does not allow links.
Google for more on the detrimental effects of emulsifiers. This forum does not allow links.

"Carrageenan, one of the most widely studied food emulsifiers, can also affect both the gut and the heart. Carrageenan-induced colitis may reduce the population of the cardioprotective gut microbiome Akkermansia muciniphila."