procainamide
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What is procainamide?
procainamide 250 mg Cap
Drug Name: PROCAINAMIDE - ORAL
Other Brand Names: Procanbid, Pronestyl
Uses: This medication is used to treat a certain serious (possibly life-threatening), persistent, abnormally fast heartbeat (sustained ventricular tachycardia). Procainamide belongs to a class of drugs known as antidysrhythmics. It works by blocking the abnormal electrical activity of an abnormal heartbeat so that the normal heartbeat can occur.
Posts on procainamide (11)
I am a 36 yr old male 225 lbs who has had 4 episodes of lone atrial fibrillation since 1994...
My mother had rheumatic fever as a child. She's 80 years old now and trying to treat atrial...
I have been taking the drug procainimide for about 25 years, not I am having a hard time tr...
On November 22 I underwent an EP study and catheter ablation for WPW. This was following se...
About three years ago a I started having occasional symptoms of atrial fibrillation. The ca...
I have been using lanoxin and procainamide (pronestyl) to combat my atrial fibrillation for...
Sinus rythm is great, but at what cost? According to the literature supplied with Procanbid...
Since Procainamide can upset the stomach, I was told to take it with food. Procanamide also...
The literature that comes with Procanbid states that "the prolonged use of procainamide oft...
I have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation which has become more persistent over the la...
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