Re: Flecainide ( Tambocor)...what to expect

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Hi Jess:

You might want to look over ' Database to check out how many and

who of our members are on Flecainide:

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Ellen

68 NC

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I just started taking Flecainide, 100 mg a day and was wondering what

> sort of side effects people have had.(snip) Also lightheadedness

today.

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i was on tambacor for over 13 yrs. with fairly good success. it can be a little

rough at the beginning and you should check this out with your cardio. if it

works, it's great. good luck, max

AFIBsupport wrote:

> Hi..

I just started taking Flecainide, 100 mg a day and was wondering what

sort of side effects people have had. I am chronic a-fib,

I have gone through 1 cardioversion, to no avail. I am

currently

taking Coumandin(6 mg), Atenolol and Cardiziem. I was taking Paxil

for

depression, but I had to stop taking that because of the interaction

it

can have with the Flecainide. Today I noticed what I thought was

fluttering, which is usually controlled with the meds I am taking.

Also

lightheadedness today.

thanks for any reply

Jess

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I've been on Tambocor for almost six years. It works well for me. Once

you get used to any visual disturbances you might have, you hardly

notice them. The only other effects I experience is a little

lightheadedness that I attribute to the beta blocker I take along with

it.

Re: Flecainide ( Tambocor)...what to expect

i was on tambacor for over 13 yrs. with fairly good success. it can be a

little rough at the beginning and you should check this out with your

cardio. if it works, it's great. good luck, max

AFIBsupport wrote:

> Hi..

I just started taking Flecainide, 100 mg a day and was wondering what

sort of side effects people have had. I am chronic a-fib,

I have gone through 1 cardioversion, to no avail. I am

currently

taking Coumandin(6 mg), Atenolol and Cardiziem. I was taking Paxil

for

depression, but I had to stop taking that because of the interaction

it

can have with the Flecainide. Today I noticed what I thought was

fluttering, which is usually controlled with the meds I am taking.

Also

lightheadedness today.

thanks for any reply

Jess

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[Guest guest]

> Hi..

>

> I just started taking Flecainide, 100 mg a day and was wondering

what

> sort of side effects people have had. I am chronic a-fib,

> I have gone through 1 cardioversion, to no avail. I am

> currently

> taking Coumandin(6 mg), Atenolol and Cardiziem. I was taking Paxil

> for

> depression, but I had to stop taking that because of the interaction

> it

> can have with the Flecainide. Today I noticed what I thought was

> fluttering, which is usually controlled with the meds I am taking.

> Also

> lightheadedness today.

Jess, I am wondering if discontinuing paxil is producing sone

temporary withdrawal effects such as lightheadedness. When I

discontinued ativan, another psych med, I had a number of problems,

including a fluttering feeling in my chest or throat that I thought

for sure was my heart, but it turned out when I felt my pulse (and I

also caught it several times on a heart monitor) my heart was fine -

in normal sinus.

[Guest guest]

Trudy-

I have feeling some wierd effects, lightheadedness, unable to

concentrate etc and most of this is probably due to the ending of the

Paxil. Sometimes my heart feels like it acing, but my pulse is within

my normal range. The cardiologist knew this...I am giving it time

>

> Jess, I am wondering if discontinuing paxil is producing sone

> temporary withdrawal effects such as lightheadedness. When I

> discontinued ativan, another psych med, I had a number of problems,

> including a fluttering feeling in my chest or throat that I thought

> for sure was my heart, but it turned out when I felt my pulse (and I

> also caught it several times on a heart monitor) my heart was fine -

> in normal sinus.