Flecainide

Pronounced FLEK-ah-nide

Brand names: Tambocor

Type: Antiarrhythmic (heart rhythm medicine) · All Heart & Blood Pressure Medicines

What Flecainide is used for

  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Other fast heart rhythms in people without structural heart disease

◆ Kidney note

Partly cleared by the kidneys — the dose is lowered and levels may be checked when kidney function is reduced.

Common side effects

  • Dizziness
  • Vision changes
  • Headache
  • Shortness of breath

Important cautions

  • Can worsen heart rhythms in people with structural heart disease, heart failure, or a past heart attack — it is not used in those situations

How it comes

Tablets. This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.

Related medicines — Heart & Blood Pressure Medicines

Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.