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Fatal flecainide intoxication
E Brazil1, G G Bodiwala, D C Bouch
1Accident and Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine
|November 24, 1998
Abstract:
Flecainide acetate is a potent class 1C antiarrhythmic agent used mainly for the treatment of supraventricular arrhythmias. Acute overdose of this drug is rare but frequently fatal. The clinical course of a patient that ingested a large quantity of flecainide as a suicide attempt is described and current therapeutic strategies discussed.