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Flecainide 100mg cut in half?

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bkimura

Flecainide 100mg cut in half?
February 23, 2020 01:13PM

Registered: 5 years ago
Posts: 25

Hello,
Can the 100mg Flecainide pills be cut in half? They are scored so I’m assuming so but waned to check with the forum here first. Thanks.

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Daisy

Re: Flecainide 100mg cut in half?
February 23, 2020 02:08PM

Registered: 4 years ago
Posts: 741

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bkimura
Hello,
Can the 100mg Flecainide pills be cut in half? They are scored so I’m assuming so but waned to check with the forum here first. Thanks.

Yes, they can be cut in half. My EP okayed me cutting 50mg tablets in half in order to get my 75 mg dose.

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Pompon

Re: Flecainide 100mg cut in half?
February 23, 2020 02:38PM

Registered: 6 years ago
Posts: 922

I've used it this way for some months, prescribed by my EP. 100 mg cut in half, to take 2*50mg/ day.

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Carey

Re: Flecainide 100mg cut in half?
February 23, 2020 03:37PM

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Any tablet that's scored can be cut in half. That's why the manufacturer scored it.

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bkimura

Re: Flecainide 100mg cut in half?
February 23, 2020 03:39PM

Registered: 5 years ago
Posts: 25

Thanks everyone. Appreciate the quick responses. smiling smiley