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The Anti-Fib
Admission to a Hospital for monitoring when initially using Flecianide is the FDA protocol.
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Okay thanks for all your support.
I shall start enzymes and HCl for the stomach, and next afib episode take a metoprolol, wait 30 mins then take 50 mg of flec.
Any final comments?
Best Wishes and long NSR to ye all.:
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The final piece of the puzzle might be dosage: you take 300 without trouble. Some guidelines say 150 for my weight, my prescription says 50! Whats a poor Chicken to do?
Regards,
John
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My Dr. had me start out at 100mg, then go to 150, 175, then 200. All of this was done at home. I did start feeling a little queezy and light-headed at 200mg. Since I was still have AFIB after numerous Episode, my Dr. sent me to the ER Room to be monitored at 300mg. He Faxed Instructions/Dr's Order to the ER, and also called the ER Dr, and the Head Charge Nurse to tell them what was going on. I took the 300mg right as I went in to the ER. I told the Triage Nurse what was going on, and they did an EKG, BP check etc. This only took 10 minutes or so. My EKG came back as stable very well controlled AFIB, with at HR around 75. At this point they showed the EKG to the Dr. who said I was OK and not any danger, and then had me wait until he could see me.
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My Dr. had me start out at 100mg, then go to 150, 175, then 200. All of this was done at home. I did start feeling a little queezy and light-headed at 200mg. Since I was still have AFIB after numerous Episode, my Dr. sent me to the ER Room to be monitored at 300mg. He Faxed Instructions/Dr's Order to the ER, and also called the ER Dr, and the Head Charge Nurse to tell them what was going on. I took the 300mg right as I went in to the ER. I told the Triage Nurse what was going on, and they did an EKG, BP check etc. This only took 10 minutes or so. My EKG came back as stable very well controlled AFIB, with at HR around 75. At this point they showed the EKG to the Dr. who said I was OK and not any danger, and then had me wait until he could see me.
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Question, are the 100, 150, 175, 200, 300 doses cumulative? That is did you take 100, then add 50, then another 25 & etc, or did you take 100, then 150 & etc? I assume cumulative not additive, but wanted to clarify.
Also, not surprised it took a moment for the bad effects to appear. It usually takes about an hour for flecainide to become effective and convert me.
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Fibrillator is right that flecainide usually does lose effectiveness eventually. Some people get many years out of it and others just one or two. In addition to losing effectiveness, it can also become pro-arrhythmic. Both problems are common with several antiarrhythmic drugs.
Anti-Fib's experience was extremely unusual for flecainide, and what I heard there was a whole lot of medical bungling and negligence contributing to the problem. The biggest risk with flecainide is that it can cause 1:1 conduction, meaning every single beat of your atria gets transmitted to the ventricles, resulting in a heart rate of 250-300. That's why your EP prescribed a beta blocker to be taken before the flec. It's a very rare side effect, but potentially fatal, so that's why the BB as a precaution. It will prevent the 1:1 conduction.