| Name | Frank |
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| Location | Dublin Ireland |
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| Age | 63 |
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| Diagnosed condition | lone atrial fibrillation |
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| Years with condition | 13 years |
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| Frequency of episodes | initially yearly-then monthly now every six months |
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| Duration of episodes | 8 to 14 hours |
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| General health | very good |
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| Current state | MAJOR progress since removing Amalgem dental fillings |
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| Triggers | Mercury based fillings
Other metal in the mouth
Alcohol
Fatigue
caffeine
heavy dinner
taking attenelol as a preventive |
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| Preventions | REmoving amalgem fillings under STRICT protocal
Replacing other metal bridges with Composite materials
Rythmol/attenol
Chi Gung
Walking 3 miles per day
Yoga
taking magnesium infusions |
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| Current medications/side effects | Rythmol
Worried about long term use. |
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| Past medications/side effects | attenelol
side effect---very low heart rate |
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| History of surgery | No serious surgeries |
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| Future plans | Removing the mercury fillings produced immediate dramatic effects.
Now undergoing various mercury detox programs including
Hope to eliminate all medications within one year-through current and other interventions.
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| Personal comments | I strongly believe that mercury/other metals in the mouth
are the probable initial cause of LAF.
Hans Larsen has also got an excellent site on LAF. Good luck and thanks to both of you. |
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| Check list |  acebutolol | amiodarone (cordarone,pacerone) | anisindione (miradon) |  atenolol (tenormin) | aspirin | azimilide | | bepridil | betaxolol | bisoprolol (monocor,emconcor) | | bretylium | bucindolol | carvedilol | | cibenzoline | dicumarol | digitoxin | | digoxin (lanoxin) | diltiazem (cardizem) | diphenylhydantoin | | disopyramide (norpace) | dofetilide (tikosyn) | dronedarone | | encainide | esmolol (brevibloc) | ersentilide | | flecainide (tambocor) | gallopamil | ibutilide (corvert) | | lidocaine | mibefradil | metoprolol (lopressor,toprol xl) | | mexiletine | moricizine | nadolol | | phenytoin | procainamide | propafanone (rythmol) | | propranolol (inderal) | quinapril (accupril) | quinidine (quinaglute) | | sotalol (betapace) | tedisamil | timolol | | tocainide | trandolapril (mavik) | valsartan (diovan) | | verapamil (calan,isoptin) | warfarin (coumadin) | asthma | | diabetes | GERD/acid reflux | hypertension | | hypotension | hyperthyroidism | hypothyroidism | | adrenergic | vagal | familial | | idiopathic/lone | paroxysmal | permanent/chronic | | atrial flutter | cardiomyopathy | CHF | | PAC | PVC | SVT | | syncope | bradycardia | tachycardia | | heart block | myocardial infarction | rheumatic heart diease | | sick sinus syndrome | stroke | WPW | | electrical cardioversion | defibrillator | pacemaker | | ablation | bypass | maze | | Male | Female | |
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