zuzu8

Robin- Often skipped beats (a form of arrhythmia, which is basically a disturbance in the rhythm of the heart) are considered benign and of no clinical significance, except depending on how frequent they are, they can range from annoying to downright frightening.
I'd say have yourself checked out by a doctor as soon as possible, just to make sure nothing else is going on. If you're delaying this because of the insurance issue, then I was thinking that it might be an interesting experiment to lay off ALL the herbal supplements for a while to see if there's a change. If the skips stop you'll know it's at least ONE of them. Then perhaps gradually re-introduce them one at a time and see what happens.

By the way, why not give us a list of what you take. We might have some info on some of them regarding effects on the heart.

zuzu xxx

PS A good website for all things medical, including info about drugs, diseases, medical dictionary, encyclopedia, med resources is Medline:
[url="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html"]http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html[/url]

(this link has moderator's approval for posting)


[This message has been edited by zuzu8 (edited 06-21-2003).]

[This message has been edited by zuzu8 (edited 06-21-2003).]