Coincidence? Probably not.....

[RobertELee]

Hi all. On my magical pro-biotic 'acidophilus' for nearly eight months now and completely AF free.

Well, that would have been true until a fortnight ago but I went to see my GP and said I would like to reduce my bisoprolol from 5mg to 2.5mg. I had no obvious side effects from this drug but I simply thought that I should try and reduce my overall medicine intake and this seemed like a good idea. I've grown quite fond of my slow heart rate (55/60 at rest) and so didn't want to come off bisoprolol completely.

However, in the two weeks on reduced dosage I have been in AF twice, each lasting a couple of days. I can't believe it's a coincidence so I'm back up to 5mg from today. I'll let you know how I get on but thought I'd pass on this information for what it's worth.

leelec

[jeanjeannie50]

Hi Leelec - An interesting post. I will be keen to hear how you get on. What if it was the Bisoprolol keeping you AF free and not the probiotics. It's a bit annoying if that's the case. Make sure you let us know.

Best wishes

Jean

[RobertELee in reply to jeanjeannie50]

I don't think so Jean as I had been on 5mg of bisoprolol for around 5 years and PAF episodes were becoming more and more frequent as time went by (down to almost daily in the end) until I started the probiotic. Nevertheless, my recent experience shows that the bisoprolol, at 5mg dosage, probably had a role to play and together - 5mg bisoprolol and the acidophilus - were astoundingly effective. I hope I can get back there.......

[jeanjeannie50 in reply to RobertELee]

Hope you can too.

[jennydog]

I had an ablation in August. I didn't feel my heart at all until 8 weeks later. I had a flu jab and 2 days later reduced Bisoprolol from 2.5 to 1.25. Two days after this I woke up at 06.00 with an erratic pulse. I had a dreadful 3 hours before my pulse steadied. I then had no further problem for the next month.

Is Bisoprolol stronger than we imagine, even at very low doses? As I was on 10 mg at one stage, I really thought that 2.5 was chicken-feed.

I am seeing my EP tomorrow and will be interested in his comments.

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Interesting that the bisoprolol probably does have more of a role than we sometimes give it credit for... I hope you get back to being AF-free too. Mine comes and goes in fits and starts, so it may just be one of those things.

Lis

[debilitated]

I am very interested in your positive experience whilst taking acidopholus for your AF symptoms. I have used it in the past after general anaesthetic and would welcome its' assistance to reduce my chronic symptoms of AF. I take Flecanide 150mg daily and 6mgs of Warfarin. What strength acidopholus would be a good starting point?

[RobertELee]

I can't say it's a cure of course but it sure worked for me. I use H&B's Probotic 10 which has a dosage of ten billion. I just wish I hadn't messed around with my bisoprolol dosage (it wasn't necessary) which seems to have upset things at the moment but we'll see if it settles down again. I've certainly been very pleased with acidophilus. Good luck.

[Bryonny]

Dear Leelec, wondered what led you to start taking acidophilus to help regulate AF? After comments from other members of the forum I started taking QC10 and magnesium about a. Month ago and I am I feel this has helped reduce my symptoms because nothing else has changed with what I do. How do you think he acidophilus helps?

[RobertELee]

My AF episodes are always, and I do mean always, triggered by digestive issues. Heavy meal, bread, cheese, IBS and so forth. I always believed that if I could control those then I would control my AF episodes. I heard of acidophilus on an IBS website, many users swore by it so I gave it a try. It was little short of miraculous as far as I was concerned. With daily AF episodes, I think I was well on my way to permanent AF back in March but episodes stopped almost immediately and it led to being AF free for nearly eight months. Then I played around with my bisoprolol dosage. Shouldn't have done that!