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encainide /en·cai·nide/ (en-ka´nīd) a sodium channel blocker that acts on the Purkinje fibers and myocardium; used as the hydrochloride salt in treatment of life-threatening arrhythmias. encainide an antiarrhythmic drug that blocks Na+ conduction; used as the hydrochloride in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias. encainide Enkaid® Cardiology An antiarrhythmic that was removed from the market as it causes arrhythmias and ↑ mortality. See CAST. Cf Flecainide. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Schultz, deputy FDA commissioner for policy, told the Senate committee that two drugs approved to correct abnormal heart rhythms, encainide and flecainide, subsequently were used off-label for irregular heart rhythms during a heart attack - a use that was supported by several journal articles. Study patients taking encainide (marketed as Enkaid by Bristol Laboratories in Evansville, Ind. 7%; 56/730) was seen in patients treated with encainide or flecainide (Class 1C antiarrhythmics) compared with that seen in patients assigned to placebo (3. |
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