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flecainide /fle·cai·nide/ (flĕ-ka´nīd) a sodium channel blocker that decreases the rate of cardiac conduction and increases the ventricular refractory period; used as the acetate salt in the treatment of life-threatening arrhythmias. flecainide [flĕka′nīd] a sodium channel-blocking agent that decreases the rate of cardiac conduction and increases the ventricular refractory period, used as the acetate salt in treatment of life-threatening arrhythmias. flecainide an antiarrhythmic drug that blocks Na+ conduction; used in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias. flecainide Tambocor® Cardiology An antiarrhythmic that fell into disfavor after the CAST trials demonstrated a 3.5-fold ↑ in arrhythmia-induced death in treated Pts. See CAST, Encainide. It also may relieve neuropathic
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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. and flecainide (marketed as Tambocor by 3M Riker in St. 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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