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flecanide and taking antibiotic? Lung infection and need to take antibiotics?? Which one is safe ???

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Taking flecanide and have a lung infection. Which antibiotic is safe to use with flecanide??

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Your doctor should know.

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Antibiotics are target specific so your doctor will prescribe those which will be beneficial for your specific problem so he will be the one to ask and/or your pharmacist.

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CTG99

I've never had any trouble with any antibiotics with Flecainide, but mention it to your doctor.

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Morzine

your doc would prescribe what’s safe but I’ve had quite a few types in fiecainade

When I had pneumonia it was mainly amoxicillin

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Duckey in reply toMorzine

That is one he said not to take!

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Morzine

oh really????? How funny as I’ve been in flecanade since 2018 and I’ve had amoxicillin quite a few times since then and thrn pneumonia even the hospital sent me home with more.

How odd.

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