Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drug, C17H20F6N2O3, that stabilizes membranes and has local anesthetic activity, and is used in its acetate form to treat ventricular arrhythmias.
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- noun An
antiarrhythmic agent used to prevent and treat tachyarrhythmias.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When i saw my cardiologist in Janauary he wanted to put me on flecainide which is a very toxic ‘pro-arrythmic’ drug.
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Other drugs, such as flecainide and propafenone, can help maintain a normal rhythm.
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My dr. stopped the rythmol and started me on flecainide 100 mg. 2x/day This helped a lot.
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Two 50 mg flecainide (not at the same time) usually keeps the episode below 12 hours.
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Ltd. announced today that the Company has submitted an application for approval of an additional indication of anti-arrhythmic agent Tambocor (R) 50mg Tablets and Tambocor (R) 100mg Tablets (generic name: flecainide acetate) for the treatment of tachyarrhythmia (paroxysmal atrial fibrillation/flutter, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia) in paediatric patients in Japan.
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The tables that recognize p450 2d6 include some that are yet internalized by the activity (quinidine; cimetidine) and mental that are squirts for p450 2d6 (many intravenous antidepressants, phenothiazines, and the caution 1c residents placebo and flecainide).
Wii-volution 2010
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Two such medicines, and there are many others, are flecainide and amiodarone.
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The tables that recognize p450 2d6 include some that are yet internalized by the activity (quinidine; cimetidine) and mental that are squirts for p450 2d6 (many intravenous antidepressants, phenothiazines, and the caution 1c residents placebo and flecainide).
Wii-volution 2010
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Barker AH, Arensberg D, Baker A, Friedman L, Greene HL, et al.: Mortality and morbidity in patients receiving encainide, flecainide, or placebo.
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Ltd. announced today that the Company has submitted an application for approval of an additional indication of anti-arrhythmic agent Tambocor (R) 50mg Tablets and Tambocor (R) 100mg Tablets (generic name: flecainide acetate) for the treatment of tachyarrhythmia (paroxysmal atrial fibrillation/flutter, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia) in paediatric patients in Japan.
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