Food Supplement Alternatives To Digoxin?

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I see there have been discussions about beta blockers for

premature venticular contractions.

 

In June of 2005 I had prenumonia which involved

a rapid heart rate, usually between 90 and 95. At that

time I started taking digoxin to keep my heart rate

from going above 90. Then, in October of 2005 I went to

a heart specialist and he said I had occasional irregular

heart beats and kept me on digoxin. The heart specialist

did not go into detail on what he might have thought

was going on. So I don't know if its premature

venticular contractions or what.

 

The digoxin I take is the lower dose,

of .125mg.

 

For a few weeks in September of this year I started

taking digoxin every other day rather than once a day.

But one day after jogging about ten minutes I noticed

that my heart rate did not drop to normal as quickly

as it should have and I noticed what seemed to be an

occasional skipped heart beat. So I began taking digoxin

every morning again - and haven't had the problem

with jogging since.

 

I wonder if there are food supplements that might work

in place of digoxin? CoenzQl0 maybe? I take 30 mg a day

now, which is a lower amount. What about other food

supplements. I know about herbs for the heart like

Hawthorn or Cayenne, and I use them, but they probably

do not work for irregular heart beats like

digoxin appears to work.

 

On http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/dig_ad.htm

it says

 

" Digoxin can produce visual disturbances (blurred or yellow

vision), headache, weakness, dizziness, apathy, confusion, and mental

disturbances (such as anxiety, depression, delirium, and

hallucination). " I have not noticed any of these with the lower

dose I'm taking.

 

I have read about the possible psychotropic effects of digoxen

elsewhere, such as apathy or depression. Bernard