Local cardiologist sez it is better to take a potassium pill rather than eat
a banana.  Less toggling of the blood sugar.  Comments?
Don W.

I am a Healthy 21 Year old male, looking for advice on the
palpitations I am currently having...they are really scaring me and I
would like to get to the bottom of this, if anyone can please be of
help to me.... I have never drunk or smoked in my lifetime, and I

I used to have blood press around 140/90 heart beat around 90.
It actually lasted for a few years. Physicians suggested that
I should take medication. One senior physician suggested that
I should excercise. Since I started to walk for half an hour

I am a 40yo male, lean (10% bf), athletic, cardio exercise 4-6x/week.
Diagnosed hypertensive 3 years ago. Medication 20mg lisinopril daily.
Confirmed white coat hypertension, so I've been taking home readings
for three years.  After 2.5 years of measurements (5-8x/month), I

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drugs usually used to treat high blood
pressure and heart failure may also be helpful for Alzheimer's patients,
Japanese researchers report.
Certain angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors such as captopril

Avoid sugar, candy, bread, etc...?????????
Any view on that?
Thank you in advance,
FP

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Just want to know.
Tks.,
FP

Almost all lipophil beta blockers cause headaches. The lipophil beta
blockers  are able to pass better  the blood brain barrier. However, in the
brain itself are no nozizeptors, but in the brain membranes. Is the
dilatation/constriction of the cerebral membrane arteries responsible ...

I am now "unfortunately" now very interested in groups discussing
statins, as recently had an attack (not serious), male age 61.
2 books that I received (to cheer me up????) were the Graveline book
(Lipitor-Thief of Memory) and the Stone book (Surviving a successful

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I have a pacemaker, have paroxysmal afib and am on flecainide +
sotalol + ticlopidine.
I used to take Vioxx from last May to treat occasional episodes of
pain at my (right) knee, due to arthritis and menisc problems.

Just to further what the cardiologist went over with me.  I was
concerned with occasional irregular heartbeat episodes, very high
heart rates when exercising, and possible harm from over exerting when
exercising.  Stress test from spring showed some atrial tachycardia

You may recall I posted some time ago this year - and had a complete
heart workup. The doc wanted to do a cath "...to see what was going
on..." which seemed a bit risky, given the complication statistics for
that procedure.

A doctor in Vancouver told my friend that coffee increases the bad
cholestrol in our body.  Is there any truth to that?
All views appreciated,
FP