Flecanide

[Margeau]

My BP is 92/55 should I take flecanide heart rate 60

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Have you been prescribed Flecainide?

To show how much I know about it, I had to search to find out what it is!

FLECAINIDE ACETATE

Indications and dose

AV nodal reciprocating tachycardia, arrhythmias associated with accessory conducting pathways (e.g. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome), disabling symptoms of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients without left ventricular dysfunction (arrhythmias of recent onset will respond more readily) (specialist supervision in hospital),

Ventricular tachyarrhythmias resistant to other treatment (specialist supervision in hospital)

Initially by slow intravenous injection

For Adult

Initially 2 mg/kg (max. per dose 150 mg), to be given over 10–30 minutes with ECG monitoring, followed by (by intravenous infusion) 1.5 mg/kg/hour if required for 1 hour, then (by intravenous infusion) reduced to 100–250 micrograms/kg/hour for up to 24 hours, maximum cumulative dose of 600 mg in first 24 hours, then transfer to oral treatment.

Supraventricular arrhythmias

By mouth using immediate-release medicines

For Adult

Initially 50 mg twice daily, increased if necessary up to 300 mg daily.

By mouth using modified-release medicines

For Adult

200 mg daily.

Ventricular arrhythmias (initiated under direction of hospital consultant)

By mouth using immediate-release medicines

For Adult

Initially 100 mg twice daily for 3–5 days, maximum 400 mg daily reserved for rapid control or in heavily built patients; for maintenance, reduce to the lowest dose that controls the arrhythmia.

bnf.nice.org.uk/drug/flecai...

I think your question is way beyond what can reasonably be answered on a thyroid forum.

Do you have a thyroid issue? Are you taking any thyroid or thyroid-related medicine?

I'd point out that the document quoted above mentions "specialist" and "hospital consultant". Not something to play around with, in my view.

[cjrsquared]

I think this is outside of a thyroid forum, if you have been prescribed this and you are concerned phone 111

[Margeau in reply to cjrsquared]

Now on the AF forum