FLECAINIDE

Course overview

FLECAINIDE ACETATE IS AN ORAL CLASS IC ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUG (AAD) WHICH BLOCKS CARDIAC NA+ CHANNELS AND RECEIVED FDA APPROVAL IN 1984. FLECAINIDE IS USED IN PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (PSVTS), INCLUDING ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL RE-ENTRANT TACHYCARDIA (AVNRT), AV RE-ENTRANT TACHYCARDIA (AVRT), AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION/ATRIAL FLUTTER IN PATIENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL HIGHLIGHT THE MECHANISM OF ACTION, PHARMACODYNAMICS, EVIDENCED-BASED USAGE, AND TOXICITY. FLECAINIDE IS PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND OTHER SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS.