Brands of flecanide

[Runcrans]

Hi all , I've been given three different brands of flecanide this month from My pharmacist still no 50mg ones coming through , are all these the same

tambocor by meda

Flecainide acetate by mylan

flecainide acetate by actavis ( my usual brand )

Will I be ok with these other brands cheers Paul

[nigelfarruca]

I've had them all and never noticed the differents.

[BobD Volunteer]

Why not Paul, they are the same drug. There has been a serious supply problem with flecainide so what you can get is what you will be given,.

[Finvola]

Hi Paul - I normally get the Actavis 100mg but have had to accept Mylan quite often recently. Does the same job but I hate it because the Mylan tablet is rough and coarse and harder to swallow.

[Runcrans]

Thank you everyone , I only ask because I once used a different pharmacy for a prescription of omoprozole and got a different brand and my symptoms all came back within days of taking it , my doctor told me never to change my pharmacy once I have a brand that suits me , this is why I'm worried about the change of brands here , cheers Paul

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Snap Paul, I have been given 3 different brands recently, all OK so far.

[Barry24]

Hi Paul,

Hope all is well with you. I have flecainide by a company called Milpharm. How are you getting on?

Best Wishes

Barry

[Runcrans in reply to Barry24]

Hi Barry , I'm not too bad at the moment just getting over a virus which left me with virtigo seems to have settled now touch wood , how's things with you is everything under control ?

Hope your well pal cheers Paul

[Barry24 in reply to Runcrans]

Hi Paul,

Had my atrial flutter ablation in Dec, however I now have AF. Due to see my EP in Mar 16. How are you getting on? Has the ablation sorted your problems or do you need another?

Best Wishes

Barry

[Runcrans in reply to Barry24]

Blinking heck Barry they will sort it mate , I'm still on all the meds at the moment don't think they want to chance taking me off them think ,I'm back sometime next month to see cardiologist then march to see ep assuming they will start lowering my meds then not to sure

[Barry24 in reply to Runcrans]

Well fingers crossed Paul, that all goes well when you see them.

Best Wishes

Barry

[jeanjeannie50]

Hi Runcrans - I've always had Actavis Flecainide 50mg and that's what I do my best to get and have been successful so far. I tried a different make, but noticed a difference. Ring around some of the pharmacies in your area and see if they have that brand in stock and then take your prescription there. Boots will be the most likely. I went into another town nearby the other day and Boots there had several packs.

Last week I rang Actavis and they said that Boots will have priority deliveries as each batch is released, but that the shortage will hopefully be over towards the end of February. Jean

[Runcrans in reply to jeanjeannie50]

Thank you jean , my problem is they always give me all my other stuff and tell me to pop back in a few days for the rest so then they won't give me my prescription to try and get some elsewhere , I mite ring my doctors to see if I can have a separate one for the flecanide cheers Paul

[PeterWh in reply to Runcrans]

Whether you order your repeat prescriptions from your GP electronically (ie online) or have to fill out a paper repeat request then just order the flecainide as a stand alone item. Then the next day order the rest of your repeats.

[Runcrans in reply to PeterWh]

Good idea Peter thank you