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Suggest An Alternative Of Flecainide For The Treatment Of Atrial Fibrillation

i take two 100 mg flecainide tablets a day for afib 8am and 8pm but still go into af every other day lasting about 16 hours on average each time, would cutting tablets in half and spreading out taking four times a day work better or is there an alternative to flecainide that might work better for me
Tue, 5 Dec 2017
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Hi. good day!
you can take amiodarone 200mg/tab Two times a day instead of flecainide for atrial fibrillation.
but please check your thyroid function test before starting amiodarone as it can alter thyroid functions.
Thank you
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Suggest An Alternative Of Flecainide For The Treatment Of Atrial Fibrillation

Hi. good day! you can take amiodarone 200mg/tab Two times a day instead of flecainide for atrial fibrillation. but please check your thyroid function test before starting amiodarone as it can alter thyroid functions. Thank you