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1473852 tn?1288535631

Flecanide

Hi does anyone here take flecanide and if so what for? and how often? and how much?.

I HAVE JUST HAD AN ABLATION (3MONTHS AGO) AND NOW HAVE LOADS OF PVCS SO BEEN GIVEN 50MG TWICE A DAY, BUT HAVE INCREASED TO 100MG TWICE A DAY AS WAS STILL GETTING THEM.
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I am having problem of AF for the last 3 yrs but it has happened only almost once in a year.But I had to go to ER during my last AF episode in Nov' 2012 and I have been put put on Flecainide 150 mg  twice a day and Atenolol 50 mg once a day.As I was feeling too much of dizziness,fatigue etc. so I reduced the dose to 1/2 after one month with the advice of my Doctor. I am feeling fine and had one episode of AF which lasted for about 1 hrs or so and was controlled in by taking 150 mg Flecainide and 25 mg Atenolol.
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I have been on Flecanide 100 mg twice a day and bisoprolol 2.5mg one a day for 8 years,having various heart scans and fitted monitors.nothing has stopped me having heart problems several times a day and night,mainly when I am at rest..I was diagnosed with what they called Paroximal AF initially but now they cannot pin it down.it was mentioned that taking bisoprolol might be slowing my heart down to much and to cut down the dosage but I am still awaiting confirmation from my consultant.
1709474 tn?1308085233
I am new to flecainide.  I too am a nurse and am worried sick about taking it.  I have started it in 1/2 tablet form and working my way up to 50mg bid.  I have had a tight chest, my throat at my thyroid hurt for  2 days, and when I went to cardiac rehab, I had 6 pvc's in 5 minutes.  I am almost up to a whole pill and now I am lightheaded when walking around.  I dont have many pvcs, mine has been for a ton of pac's and we think I have had 3 runs of svt.   So now I am worred about having an increase in pvc's since it can increase ventricular arrythmias.  I have to see an EP specialist but from what I have read, it takes 4 - 8 hours and I just dont think I can handle that along with all the potential complications including death.   I just want to go back to my Toprol xl (which I cant increase because my bp is low) and just live with the stupid things.  I am totally stressed out.
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Hi I have been on Flacianide for just over a week now and my heart has settled down very well. I have some side effects constipation, a bit dizzy now and then but overall am so pleased to be without the constant missed beats and discomfort. I am hoping it will work out well and I can keep taking it.
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1180193 tn?1277347844
I was ablated on 4/22/05, they say they got 75% of the bad bets and want to do another ablation. The prob is it messed my lower right valve up in my leg and it want get any better, I now have a permanent infection in it, flobidos! Not pretty at times it gets blue and not good at all. See what I mean! I satarted out on 25 mgs ys ago of atenalo, it messed with my breathing! When my af gets bad I take a higher dose of my metoprolol, lopresser! when it gets to where I fill breath less I back it off. Now dont try this still you ask your Doc! I have been SVT and AFibing for 14 yrs now and stoped three times with drugs and I dont know how many times I have passed out,so it been a long hull! I jjust pray alot to God , It must not be my time just yet HUUUUU? Well keep me posted on how you all are doing ok? I will do the same with you guys too ! I do have butterflys now and then,do you just sit there and pray, call 911 , do one of the little things that helps hopefully, or get in the car and go to the ER somewhere? Just a little SVT and AFib humor, HA HA HA HA HA! Let me know guys ok?


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1473852 tn?1288535631
Hi Linda
I must say i am doing loads better, i now only have around 100 pvcs a day now and some days i have none. i am on flecanide 100mg in a morning and 50mg at night, also i take 1.25mg of bisoprolol each morning. This evening i took 100mg of flecanide by accident been worried sick... amiodorone is one drug i would not take, it is quite lethel i have been told xxx
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996946 tn?1503249112
Sarah, I hope you are having better luck than I am.  I finally got a visit with an EP because there is only one that comes from LSU over to Gulfport every other week.  He wanted to put me on amiodorone, gave me a prescription for it along with a 48 hr monitor and sent me on my way.  My husband and I started researching the drug amiodorone further and decided I wasn't ready to go that route.  So at this point I have a call in to the EP to see if he'll let me go on flecainide instead, since it worked so well for me for so long.  I hope he will and I pray that it will do the trick.  I can't take much more of this. It's become an every-other-day thing for me and it is wearing me out. Let me know how you are doing.
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996946 tn?1503249112
Thanks, Sarah, I hope the best for you, too.  I have some PVC's or PAC's but nothing too terrible.  Whe I had the V-tach I was in the hospital undergoing a stress test and I remember it felt terrible...I thought I was having a heart attack or something.  It was pretty scary for me because I'd never felt anything like it before.  The Dr admitted me to the hospital and took me off flecainide and switched me to Rhythmol.  I think that was probably a good move. Like I said, if you have anything structurally wrong with your heart, you shouldn't be on flecainide.

Let's keep each other postedon our progress.  It's like I'm good one day and my good rhythm goes out the window the next.
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1473852 tn?1288535631
Hi linda

me too, i was always on the computer and still am, looking for other peoples experiences, but like my doc keeps saying we are all different.
I feel like i could write a book about the heart lol...i have been through so much and finally they cure me and i think yes this is it, normal life then BANG PVCs arrive...the flec seems to be working and they have reduced loads. i have a high resting heart rate too though which is irritating, but i must exercise cos im so unfit.
Did the v tach feel weird can you remember?? have you had it since??
I hope you get better day by day, i have been off work for 12 weeks now, went today to sort out going back, i work in a hospital as im a nurse so you would think im in the best place should something happen, but i hate being the patient...my cardio also works in the same hospital lol...
sarah xxx
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996946 tn?1503249112
Wow...4 ablations!  You could probably write a book, lol.  I was on the flecainide for at least 5-6 years.  I think the dosage was 150 mg twice a day but it's been a few years so I'm not positive of the exact dose.  I probably did better on it than anything else except like I said the my post above, I am a little concerned about long-term effects. I also took Toprol XL, a beta blocker, twice a day, I think only 25 mg.  

I know what you mean about taking time for the heart to calm down.  I am so impatient..I want to get out and do something.  We are temporarily living in Miss. because of the Oil Spill and I don't know anyone here.  I am so bored so I stay on the computer waaaay too much. ;)  I feel like I've had a pretty rough recovery so far with so much a-fib/a-flutter but things are finally starting to get better............I think.
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1473852 tn?1288535631
Hi Linda
I had an ablation for my wpw, I have had 4 ablations now but finally i am cured he says and i must admit i have not had an episode of SVT since the ablation, but i am still on the anti arrhythmic for now as i was getting constand pvcs (feels like skipped beats but its an extra early beat), they was making my life hell, so he put me on flecanide i take 100mg in the morning and 50mg at night now, i also take bisoprolol 1.25mg in a morning to lower my heart rate. what dose of flecanide was you on?? how many years did you take it for?? apparently the heart can take 6 months to calm down after ablation, im hoping to wean off the flecanide later on when my heart heals..
sarah xx
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996946 tn?1503249112
Flecainide is a pretty heavy duty drug and like most anti-arrhythmics, eventually, even after years, it will turn pro-arrhythmic and bring on the arrhythmia.  I've had a 13 yr history of a-fib and so I have been on many different anti-arrhythmics.  I went from digoxin to rhythmol to flecainide to rhythmol, etc. until 2 years ago when I was having a stress test done and I went into a-fib, and then a run of v-tach.  My Dr admitted me into the hospital and weaned me off flecainide and switched me to rhythmol.  It's a drug in the same class but a lighter version and my Dr thought safer.  If you have any structural problem at all with your heart,
you should not be on flecainide. I took flecainide for years and I hardly ever had a break through episode of a-fib.  I did aerobics but could not get my heart rate up into the target rate after starting flecainide...no matter how hard I tried.  I felt like I had a "governor" on my heart.  I developed Diastolic Dysfunction and I don't know for sure if it was from the years of flecainide but I feel like it was.

I had an ablation 6 wks ago and I'm on the beta-blocker atenolol.  I've had almost constant episodes of a-fib/flutter although the atenolol seems to finally be helping. I went through several anti-arrhythmics over the last 6 wks.  SAS, was your ablation for a-fib?  And did your Dr explain why you needed to take an anti-arrhythmic after your ablation?
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I am on flecainide for nearly 4 weeks now to control my A Fib. I have had 'episodes' nearly every three/four weeks since March. I was started on Bisropinol (beta blockers) with no great success. Changed to Flecianide 3/4 weeks ago but had an episode last thursday and doc changed meds from 50mg x 2 daily to 50mg morning and 100mg early evening as my episodes always occur arround 1/2 am when I am asleep. My episodes last between 4 and 20 hours and my heart seems to come back into sinus on its own.
I will keep you informed.
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