propafenone

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Mabmedz — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 05:04:26 +0000

I’ve been on Propafenone for nearly a year and it has worked wonders for me.

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Carey — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 04:09:07 +0000

Same class of drugs, not the same drug. There are differences but the antiarrhythmic properties are achieved by the same mechanism of action, so they're largely interchangeable and if you're told not to take one, you shouldn't take the other.

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GeorgeN — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 01:45:32 +0000

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susan.d
Isn’t it in the same family as flecainide? I had to stop flec because I went into vtach and was told both drugs share similar properties.

Yes, though chemically different and propafenone has beta blocking properties built in.

Flec:        C17H20F6N2O3
Propafenone: C21H27NO3

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susan.d — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 01:40:56 +0000

Isn’t it in the same family as flecainide? I had to stop flec because I went into vtach and was told both drugs share similar properties.

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GeorgeN — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 18:04:24 +0000

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alfrae13
Does anyone have experience in Taking propafenone (Rythmol) to control afib

Member Elizabeth (Liz) took it for many years, until it quit working. Here is a search on her posts on this topic: [www.afibbers.org]

Others have mentioned it as well. Here is a search on this topic more generally: [www.afibbers.org]

I have a local friend that used it for many years PIP (on demand). In the last year or two, he switched to flecainide (which he's now taking chronically at a low dose of 50 mg 2x/day), but I don't recall the specifics.

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Carey — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 03:55:03 +0000

It's in the same class of antiarrhythmics as flecainide so largely interchangeable, and I bet the majority of people here have been on flecainide at some point.

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JDfiB — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 02:47:11 +0000

I would guess quite a few, my self included,

propafenone

alfrae13 — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 19:45:16 +0000

Does anyone have experience in Taking propafenone (Rythmol) to control afib