[SendShaqtoIraq]

ARe you kidding me? I knew this when i was just a nursing AIDE back in 1977. Potassium levels are one of the FIRST things you check when someone is having V Tach

[okkev68]

Exactly, Duh!!!. When I had my many year bout with VT from an undiagnosed genetic disorder, the first thing they said was that my potassium was constantly low. I have taken prescription potassium for over 15 years now.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

ARe you kidding me? I knew this when i was just a nursing AIDE back in 1977. Potassium levels are one of the FIRST things you check when someone is having V Tach

Having had first-hand experience with AFIB that I had for two years that went away when I started drinking 64 ounces of low sodium V8 juice (which is loaded with potassium) every day, I am pretty sure they don't prescribe a potassium supplement because there is no money in it.

I was in heart-transplant territory, with a 15% ejection rate. I underwent cardioversion twice, with no effect. My cardiologist was talking about ablation or some sort of heart implant device, both of which are profit centers.

Then I started drinking the V8 and the AFIB went away. My ejection rate is now over 50%, which is in the normal range.

I have great respect for my cardiologist, but these days doctors are handcuffed by the bean-counters' "protocols."

I believe this graph pretty much nails the problem.