Stopping Flecainide after ablation Hi all, I'm coming up on two months post ablation and was told I could stop the Flecainide. Wondering about others' experiences? How long before you felt comfortable stopping? I haven't had any big problems. Sometimes I feel "something", but when I feel my carotid everything feels fine. The Eliquis gives me GI issues and I burp a lot and have heartburn. I think this is what I feel (a pre burp feeling). I also have noticed that sometimes my rate drops, like from 58 to 48. I think I feel that too. Rare to feel ectopy though. Thanks! https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163314#msg-163314 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:06:17 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163365#msg-163365 Re: Stopping Flecainide after ablation https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163365#msg-163365 Ken AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:19:26 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163339#msg-163339 Re: Stopping Flecainide after ablation https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163339#msg-163339 I've had anxiety about stopping, but I never felt good on the drug. I babysit my grand puppy in a couple weeks and hope everything is quiet.]]> libby AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 09 Jul 2018 23:20:37 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163331#msg-163331 Re: Stopping Flecainide after ablation https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163331#msg-163331 Ken AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 09 Jul 2018 19:39:06 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163324#msg-163324 Re: Stopping Flecainide after ablation https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163324#msg-163324 libby AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 09 Jul 2018 11:34:59 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163323#msg-163323 Re: Stopping Flecainide after ablation https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163323#msg-163323
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Please don't flush drugs. You're sending them to the nearest body of water. Put them in the trash instead.

Septic tank and leach field. They never made it more than 20 yards from my house. Suffice it to say my grass was quite immune to arrhythmia in the days following! :D]]> wolfpack AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 09 Jul 2018 05:29:57 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163322#msg-163322 Re: Stopping Flecainide after ablation https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163322#msg-163322 They then started me on flecanide and metoprolol. I was on this regimen for 6 months. When I stopped they had me taper off of both one at a time. First the flecanide then the metoprolol. I didn't have any issues.
That was back in 2009 so I am sure that the protocal has changed since then.]]> rocketritch AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 09 Jul 2018 04:25:27 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163321#msg-163321 Re: Stopping Flecainide after ablation https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163321#msg-163321
I've had multiple ablations. I was put on antiarrhythmic drugs for a limited period of time after each of them, and the reasoning is sound. Ablation lesions don't stop afib until they fully scar over and become permanent. That takes a couple of months to occur, so the purpose of the AADs is to keep you in normal rhythm until the ablation lesions can become effective.]]> Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 09 Jul 2018 04:24:53 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163320#msg-163320 Re: Stopping Flecainide after ablation https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163320#msg-163320 I'd like to flush the Flecainide too, thanks for the visual :) I just got a refill a week ago. They usually give me a months worth, but I got home and they had given me 3! I decided to keep it in the medicine cabinet. I'm afraid if I dump it I'll go into a-fib :(]]> libby AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 09 Jul 2018 02:54:41 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163318#msg-163318 Re: Stopping Flecainide after ablation https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163318#msg-163318 tsco AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 09 Jul 2018 02:04:45 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163316#msg-163316 Re: Stopping Flecainide after ablation https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163316#msg-163316
So that’s how I felt about stopping!]]> wolfpack AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 09 Jul 2018 01:30:23 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163314#msg-163314 Stopping Flecainide after ablation https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,163314,163314#msg-163314 I'm coming up on two months post ablation and was told I could stop the Flecainide. Wondering about others' experiences? How long before you felt comfortable stopping? I haven't had any big problems. Sometimes I feel "something", but when I feel my carotid everything feels fine. The Eliquis gives me GI issues and I burp a lot and have heartburn. I think this is what I feel (a pre burp feeling). I also have noticed that sometimes my rate drops, like from 58 to 48. I think I feel that too. Rare to feel ectopy though.
Thanks!]]> libby AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 09 Jul 2018 01:09:36 +0000