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flecainide

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Noun1.flecainide - oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
Tambocor
antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication - a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm
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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.
RX\Good Rx ... or bitter pill? by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
and flecainide (marketed as Tambocor by 3M Riker in St.
Heart-rhythm drugs found risky for many by Weiss, R. / Science News
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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