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Agree--whenever your dose of Flecainide is raised, monitor your symptoms. I didn't realize that it was Flecainide causing my symptoms for a while as my PCP had also started me on a new medication at the same time as the raise of my Flecainide dose and I thought the symptoms were coming from the new medication. But, yes, I had all the symptoms mentioned above and they came from Flecainide.Quote
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Tolerance is dependent upon the person, lookout for signs of cardiac depreciation: Feeling faint, shortness of breath, weakness, lightheadedness. Monitor your pulse for irregularity or weakness.
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Makes me wonder if I should even be on it despite not experiencing the side effects mentioned.
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Returned to NSR about 1 am Friday morning. So about 4 hours in aFib and whatever. Don’t know if the extra 75 mg of Flecainide helped or not. But thanks to everyone for your thoughts and advice. Flecainide sure has its “drawbacks. Makes me wonder if I should even be on it despite not experiencing the side effects mentioned. My EP hasn’t suggested anything else. Thanks again.
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Returned to NSR about 1 am Friday morning. So about 4 hours in aFib and whatever. Don’t know if the extra 75 mg of Flecainide helped or not. But thanks to everyone for your thoughts and advice. Flecainide sure has its “drawbacks. Makes me wonder if I should even be on it despite not experiencing the side effects mentioned.
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Returned to NSR about 1 am Friday morning. So about 4 hours in aFib and whatever. Don’t know if the extra 75 mg of Flecainide helped or not. But thanks to everyone for your thoughts and advice. Flecainide sure has its “drawbacks. Makes me wonder if I should even be on it despite not experiencing the side effects mentioned. My EP hasn’t suggested anything else. Thanks again.
Glad you're back in NSR.
ALL the antiarrhythmics have drawbacks, and flecainide isn't the worst of them. It's a proven, inexpensive drug with a good safety profile compared to most of the other antiarrhythmics. So that's why your EP hasn't suggested something else. But you could ask them about Multaq. It's widely considered the safest antiarrhythmic, and also the mildest with few side effects. The drawbacks are it's not sufficiently effective for many people and it's expensive. But it sounds like it might work for you, so ask your EP about it. Can't hurt to try it.
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I’ll bring up the Multaq at my next EP appt. From reading posts, it seems that, sooner or later, meds lose their effectiveness. I agree that the Flecainide is probably what keeps me in NSR. If Flecainide loses its effectiveness would Multaq be a good backup? Thanks.
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