Guest guest Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 > > Hi , > > I noticed that you are on the same dose of Flecainide as me. It > seems rare to find anybody else taking 150 mg. twice daily. Is it > working for you??? Do you feel your afib is controlled by it? As > for me I had the same visual disturbances (never nausea) and still > have a blurry field of vision in my peripheral. Some days I have > TONS of PAC's lasting all day long. My EP says that is my heart > TRYING to go into afib, but the Flec is preventing it. Just wanted > to touch base with somebody else taking such a high dose. > > Thanks, > : I was diagnosed as lone PAF in March 2000. Started on flecainide 50mg twice a day. No side-effects, but also no benefit at that dose. By the end of first week they upped my dose to 100mg twice a day. That dose worked for 3 years, preventing all but brief episodes every couple of months. But in late 2003 I started having breakthroughs to afib episodes lasting 24 hours plus. Had two electro cardioversions, last in Feb 2004. At that time they upped my dosage to 150mg twice a day --- and I have been in NSR since then. :-) I had some visual disturbances each time they increased the dosage, but rarely have any now (but sometimes if I turn my head very fast). After reading experiences on this board, I started magnesium oxide 250mg, and that immediately stopped almost all ectopics. , Charlotte NC flecainide 150mg x2, aspirin 325mg, magnesium oxide 250mg, fish oil concentrate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 --Hi , I was on Flecainide 2x200mg's daily up until a couple of days but i had to reduce my intake as I was having really bad visual disturbances.It was also affecting my sense of balance too. I felt as though I was about to topple over so I emailed my EP and agreed with him to reduce my intake to 300mg's daily. I have to-day at my own instigation reduced further my intake to 2x100mg's and I feel so much better but I will have to wait and see if that dosage is too low. . - In AFIBsupport , " sinusrhythm58 " <NavyGoat@a...> wrote: > > > > > > Hi , > > > > I noticed that you are on the same dose of Flecainide as me. It > > seems rare to find anybody else taking 150 mg. twice daily. Is it > > working for you??? Do you feel your afib is controlled by it? As > > for me I had the same visual disturbances (never nausea) and still > > have a blurry field of vision in my peripheral. Some days I have > > TONS of PAC's lasting all day long. My EP says that is my heart > > TRYING to go into afib, but the Flec is preventing it. Just wanted > > to touch base with somebody else taking such a high dose. > > > > Thanks, > > > > : > I was diagnosed as lone PAF in March 2000. Started on flecainide 50mg > twice a day. No side-effects, but also no benefit at that dose. By > the end of first week they upped my dose to 100mg twice a day. That > dose worked for 3 years, preventing all but brief episodes every > couple of months. But in late 2003 I started having breakthroughs to > afib episodes lasting 24 hours plus. Had two electro cardioversions, > last in Feb 2004. At that time they upped my dosage to 150mg twice a > day --- and I have been in NSR since then. :-) > I had some visual disturbances each time they increased the dosage, > but rarely have any now (but sometimes if I turn my head very fast). > After reading experiences on this board, I started magnesium oxide > 250mg, and that immediately stopped almost all ectopics. > , Charlotte NC > flecainide 150mg x2, aspirin 325mg, magnesium oxide 250mg, fish oil > concentrate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 Thanks for the info, . I am going to get that magnesium oxide TODAY and hopefully arrest the PAC's!!!!! > > > > After reading experiences on this board, I started magnesium oxide > > 250mg, and that immediately stopped almost all ectopics. > > , Charlotte NC > > flecainide 150mg x2, aspirin 325mg, magnesium oxide 250mg, fish > oil > > concentrate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 : I also have " at my own instigation " reduced my flecainide dosage if the visual effects build up. Since my afib is vagal (and almost always starts during sleep), if I am having visual disturbances I cut my morning 150mg tablet in half for 1 or 2 days. That seems to allow my system to metabolize any excess, and the side effects go away. So far this worked, without triggering AF. , Charlotte > > --Hi , > I was on Flecainide 2x200mg's daily up until a couple of days but i > had to reduce my intake as I was having really bad visual > disturbances.It was also affecting my sense of balance too. I felt > as though I was about to topple over so I emailed my EP and agreed > with him to reduce my intake to 300mg's daily. I have to-day at my > own instigation reduced further my intake to 2x100mg's and I feel so > much better but I will have to wait and see if that dosage is too > low. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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