Multaq Anyone Else Take It (Page 28)
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Okay I will start off by saying this drug scares me because it has not been out for very long. I have Afrial Fib which is not behaving I can be 70 beats one min and regular and the next I will be at 190 and in atrial fib and flutter. this is my last chance at a med I have tried all the others I usually end up in the ER two or three times a week. I have had one ablation so far. If anyone else takes it please let me know what it is like. I am starting it on Tuesday.

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Hi Connie, I took note of your posting that you are taking Magnesium so I started taking 500 mg./day and guess what, my AFib episodes have completely stopped!! I am still on Multaq and am on the waiting list for ablation. Have been on Multaq for over a year but Afib was getting progressively worse. I'm amazed about the magnesium! It can't be a coincidence that my Afib has stopped! I'll keep you posted, thank you so much for the tip.

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Hi Joe, I am guessing your enquiry re which hospital did your ablations was regarding my posting No. 289.
It was the North Staffordshire University Hospital, Stoke, Staffs, UK. They were done over a period of 4 years Each time they had had some new equipment with better imaging - I think the images for the first one were still in sepia. They had finally got 3D imaging for the 2009 one which was successful for about 9 months.

Richard

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I've got AFIB - hospitalized in September with congestive heart failure and AFIB. Electro-cardioverted in November. Afib returned in December. Electro-cardioverted again in December, and started Multaq, 400mg, 2x per day. Since then (now it's February), I've had 4 afib episodes. The first three lasted about 4 days. The last one, less than a day. It seems the episodes are getting shorter and shorter, maybe they'll stop all together? I never cardioverted on my own before Multaq, so I guess it works for me. I did have some itchiness under my arms for a while, but that went away a few weeks ago. Maybe that was a side effect?

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what hospital did your abalations?

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Hi Lon. C. Kincannon/Suzanne. read your comments re:FLEMETON and would be interested to know how helpful it may be. I am a 71 year old runner/cyclist and have had a/Flutter for some 10 years. Had 3 ablations. The third one in 2009 worked, but 6 weeks later has bleeding in the pericardium - probably due to running too hard. That was sorted and the flutter had still gone, but last march it reared its ugly head again. My cardiologist is just monitoring me at present.
I noticed the website for Flemeton but thought I would try to find out more and have just looked up a website which claims Gordon's Herbal Research is a scam as they market many products whose names end in "eton" claiming to cure everything from hair loss to motor neurone illness and all with exactly the same testimonials. So now I am not sure whether to risk the Flemeton. If you have had any success it would be good to know. Cheers, Richard

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To sully in Colorado
I am taking magnesium oxide, 1,000 to 1,500 a day.
How I found out about this, I was listening to a preacher, Benny Hinn, and he said a doctor wanted to do surgery on his heart. He contacted a natropathic doctor who did testing on him and found that all he needed was more magnesium. I thought it wouldn't hurt to try and it worked for me. It's important to have the proper balance of calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium to have a happy heart. Good luck to you and God bless.

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Hei Vaino,
Taydyin oiken katsoa google mita "leposyke on suomeksi - se on siis pulssin lyonti mika otetaan tuosta ranteesta -Sinulla nykyy se olevan aika alhana paitsi jos olet urheilija--yksi Multaqin sivuvaikutus on alhainen pulse or "leposyke" luulen etta ne kutsuu sita taalla "bradycardia" - olisiko syyta antaa laakarisi tietaa se ettei vaan mene liian alas- toivottavasti myos kayt verikokeissa tarkistuttamassa niita maksan enzymes - silla taa laake vaikuttaa maksaan-taalla oli varotus 1/14/11 in internet etta Multaq "voi aiheuttaa liver damage--se ilmoitus on googelilla.
Sanoit etta Suomessa ei yli 60-v tehda ablation--musta tuntuu etta se riippuu laakarista ynna tietysti kuinka paha see flimmeri on--taalla niita tehdaan aina 80+ vuotialle tietysti riippuen siita kuinka muu kunto on. Mulla on serkku Kellokoskella ja hanella on a-fib ja laakari oli hanelle ehdottanut ablation ja muistaakseni serkkuni on 72-73 vuotias. Mulla on veli siella pain ja hanella on jonkinlaine flimmeri mutta se kaveri pelaa tennista taytta vauhtia etta en ymmarra-han vaan kayttaa digoxin ja coumadin or "marevaania".
Yksi pojistani teki mulle tilauksen tuonne NY City-Weill Cornell Medical Center for 3/3/11 eraalle electrophysiologille tasta a-fibistani - sanoin sitten etta kuinkas tama mamma sinne sitten menee kun en enaa aja highwayilla enka parkwayiila, tavallisilla teilla vaan--han sanoi sitten etta jompi kumpi heista vievat minut tai voi vaikka etta molemmat tulevat.
Annan sitten tietaa miten siella meni.
Jas jos puhut tai luet englantia sillon sun talloin kirjoitan talle palstalle. Until further please have your pulse checked by your doctor as well as the blood tests for liver enzymes.

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Hi Connie, I was interested in your information about Afib being caused by low magnesium! How were you able to find out about that? I would much rather be taking magnesium than Multaq! Thanks for the info.

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thank you all for the info i will talk to the dr about this meds it is creeping me out now i hope it doesnt do any damage i am gonna talk to dr about the shaking thing and i didnt have that till i starting taking this medicine but pharmacy called int vitamans i didnt know what it was and was told it stopped me f rom coming into afibb

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did you ever take any medicine for your heart? do you have afib if so what was your heart beat per minute?

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Thank you Connie for your note of 1-29. I am on Multaq since 10-28-10, about 3 months and am doing well on it. I plan to get on magnesium as my cardiologist says it is OK for me to do that. What type do you take? Oxide? Citrate? I have heard Orotate is very good. It is so confusing with so many different compounds available.

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Hi Connie,
I most certainly will check into this. At the moment I'm taking about 580 mg daily plus zillion other vitamins - I will check some of my old blood test results for mag.
Thanks. Good info.

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Did you know that most afib is caused by a lack of magnesium? Most people are deficient in magnesium but your doctor won't be telling you that!!! I had the problem but began taking 1,000mg to 1,500mg of magnesium a day and have a steady heart beat every since. I also take many other vitamins which sure beats taking doctor prescribed medications. Magnesium is priced low and it doesn't kill your liver.

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Thanks Jeanne. We all need prayers.
I am glad that you are on the ball so to say and the enzymes are being checked.
Please let us know how things are going and good luck to you again.
I just sent a mess. to csmith twice as I wanted to correct the last sentence - I guess once you get to a certain point with these messages there is no return. Oh well, things happen.

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csmith,
Multaq is not a vitamin it is a drug or medicine - it's one step down from amiodarone, which is an excellent antiarryhthmic drug but extremely toxic (that is what I was told by doctors as well as pharmacists) - I do not know which pharmacy would tell you something so erroneous. I can imagine them filling out people's prescriptions??!!
You say you have no side effects except a bit dizzy and shaky well those are side effects and it would be a good idea to discuss them over with your doctor especially if they continue.

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csmith,
Multaq is not a vitamin it is a drug or medicine - it's one step down from amiodarone, which is an excellent antiarryhthmic drug but extremely toxic (that is what I was told by doctors as well as pharmacists) - I do not know which pharmacy would tell you something so erroneous. I can imagine them filling out people's prescriptions??!!
You say you have no side effects except a bit dizzy and shaky well those are side effects and I certainly would discuss them over with my doctor especially if they continue.

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Hi Tutsi - I did read the article about liver damage from taking Multaq. I do have my liver enzymes checked every month, as I also have a very low blood platelet count and have to be checked routinely. As I said before, wish I could come off this drug, but as long as I am staying out of Afib, I will use it even though I have reservations about taking it. Will check back periodically, good luck to you and everyone else with this condition. Keeping you all in prayer.

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pharmacy said it is some form of vitamins this multaq is that what it is i read up on itand said it is to stop the afffbb i am not sure but i havent had any reactions cept little dizzy and kinda shaky

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This is for Joe. You probably should have discussed it with your doctors first because Multaq interfers with statins, some other beta-calcium blockers, digoxin so maybe there are vitamins it interferes with also. My APRN checked all vitamins (and I am on whole bunch of them have been for the past 25-30 yrs) and drugs that I was on and all vitamins were OK - except a couple of drugs I had to quit for that one week period.
I am taking calc/mag/zinc the CVS brand 4 ea a day.
Please ck my reply to Jeanne of today for the article I am talking about - liver enzymes should be checked while on Multaq. Good luck to you too.

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Hi Jeanne, I am glad the Multaq is working for you. Hope you have your doctor testing the liver enzymes as the article on internet of 1/14/11 by Matthew Perrone, AP, wrote Multaq "could cause liver damage". If you like to read the article - please google it and enter "this drug could cause liver damage" and it should be the first article there and then click on it I wish you luck with this drug - I am done with it.

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