Hi there! Regarding Flecainide I have been on it for about 5 years. It successfully controls my PAC’s, SVT’s, and the afib. I have had four ablations in the past and after each one ended up with a different issue so my goal for doing the procedure to be able to go off medication has never been reached! But still, Flecainide is great for me, zero side effects and I’ll take it as long as it works for me. I know two other people on it without problems as well. I do believe you have to just have “electrical” issues and not “plumbing” in order to be a candidate for it.
It keeps my heart behaving, and my doc even lowered my dose this year from 100mg twice a day to 50mg twice a day. Sometimes I feel a series of extra beats, especially when stressed and if I do, I take an extra 50 and the problem goes away. Just for reference I am a 67 year-old female and in the past couple of decades, I have been on Rythmol, Multaq, amiodorone, and Tikosyn. Flecainide has been the best. Good luck to you!!