Afib related to inflammation- turmeric helping.

Posted by mfpiano @mfpiano, 4 days ago

My afib started about 5 years ago and was triggered sometimes by heavy meals(Thanksgiving), one extra glass of wine (Christmas), and, of course stress ( like highway drives with our RV).
Eliquis, metoprolol and flecanide were prescribed to control it, but intermittent bouts still occurred, some quite un-nerving! Refusing to up my very low dosages, I started drinking a tsp of turmeric (with added spices-cinnamon , ginger and sweetener)in almond milk every day. Since doing that for about 3 months, the afib is gone. If I do feel a tiny flutter, drinking 2 large glasses of water stops it. So, linking afib to inflammation and deterring it with turmeric could be a solution for others, too—-it is definitely an anti-inflammatory agent!

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gloaming | @gloaming | 4 days ago

I'm happy that you feel better and that you seem to be making headway with the AF this way. Just a word of caution:
https://www.drugs.com/drug-interactions/eliquis-with-turmeric-3438-16026-2682-0.html

drdianeschneider | @drdianeschneider | 4 days ago

Hello, mfpiano, Thanks for this suggestion. I have had increasingly frequent AF episodes (which flec stops in 2-4 hrs) over the last 5 yrs... now 2-4 times monthly and would love to try the turmeric/golden milk route to see if it lengthens the time between episodes. May I ask how frequent your episodes were? Thanks so much and continued NSR!

carbcounter | @carbcounter | 3 days ago

I've been using turmeric/curcumin for many years, started because of psoriasis - and I strongly recommend it for that, too! And I started with mixing turmeric spice into foods, too, golden-this and golden-that, LOL. And if that works for you and you want more, try the curcumin supplement capsules, I like a smaller one, about 300mg, and take it with some kind of fats, either a fish oil capsule (also good for many reasons), or just any kind of food with fats. Much more effective than teaspoons full of turmeric. Absorption is supposed to be the big issue with turmeric.

So, are you ready to try cutting back your prescription drugs? I see @gloaming's warning about turmeric and Eliquis. But wait, I guess there's a prior question here - do you have afib, or "just" some other arrhythmias? What were your symptoms?

I've had some major problems "just" with PAC's and PVC's which are instantly noticeable while I gather afib often is not, needs a technical diagnosis. So I guess my curcumin did not eliminate or prevent these, perhaps it helped. Outside of a beta blocker (atenolol) I haven't been prescribed any other prescription drugs as a result. Some additional nutritional approaches may have largely stopped my arrhythmia problems after about fifteen years.

Finally, read up on "the cheese effect" with turmeric. It's a type 2 MAOI, and foods like aged cheeses contain the amino acid tyramine and cause a significant rise in blood pressure. This is supposed to be fairly mild with turmeric, it's actual MAOI drugs that come with serious problems, but it certainly can happen and you should be aware of it.

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