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A 50-year-old member asked:

Palpitations, heart flutters, like your heart drops in your chest likes its drowning and then goes back to normal, what to do?

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Dr. Calvin Weisberger
53 years experience
Palpitation treat: Treatments include not using caffeine, alcohol , street drugs, smoking and other stimulant substances. Try to learn meditation and other calming techniques, cut out herbal substances, cough and cold medicines, nutritional supplements, see your doctor to be sure no direct heart problem and for treatment if the basics above don't help.
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Last updated Jul 13, 2016

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