Has anyone had improvement in PACs with Flecanide?

I just had an ablation Mon. I was prescribed the drug you mentioned. Because though my sinus rhythm became normal for the fist time after living in A Fib for over 5 years. My cardiologist said the heart often wants and can flip back into A Fib. He did change metrpolol to a sustained release taken at night that should make me less exhausted. Fingers crossed.
Have you had an ablation? I gained 8 lbs in a day. They kept me overnight because my bladder would not wake up. Finally by thr next am it started to work. My diastolic BP is 50. That is too low. 02 dips below 87 and heart rate is 62. That is new to me.
I will let you know what the new med Flec inide sp? Does. Hope you feel better.

I had to be straight cathed after the ablation because I was unable to completely empty my bladder, probably side effect of anesthesia.
I hope you feel better too! Thanks for your comment

Hi,
I’ve been taking Flecainide for a couple of months. I didn’t have an ablation though. I was given it after my 2nd hospital stay. It has helped and I’ve used it once as a “pill in a pocket.”

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!!

Thanks, I hope that things are going well for you

Thank you, this is very helpful. I am also 67 and had been fairly active until 9 months ago when suddenly I was short of breath with minimal activity. During a stress echo I learned that I had hypertension- a surprise since I was asymptomatic. The cardiologist believes that the high blood pressure may have triggered the PACs. Fortunately BP is much better controlled but fatigue and shortness of breath have persisted. It’s disappointing that the ablation didn’t improve symptoms so I’m hoping for improvement with Flecainide.

Hi, Was wondering, I also have been on Flecanide for about 5 years, I was also put on Metoprolo Succ. They said the 2 should be used together? are you on anything like this?
Has anyone else been told this?
Thanks
jer22

Yes, I use the two together. In the am I take 25 mg of metoprolol bc I have a tendency towards a fast heartbeat, and along with that the Flecainide 50 mg. At night only take the Flecainide, bc the meto has a timed release action I believe.

Thanks good information

I have been on flecainide for the last 15 months. I have had no adverse effects from it that I can identify.

I have not had an episode of wild heart rate since. But, the unusual flip-flop in my heart is still common, it just doesn’t get so wild it interferes with me.

I cannot have an ablation…it was tried. They stopped the procedure because my esophagus is too small for the instrument. So…I am waiting till the PFA is available here in SW Texas.

I too was diagnosed with hypertension, but only in the pulmonary artery…otherwise I do not have high blood pressure. My blood pressure runs around 105/60 as a normal course, so it is a balancing act to figure out how much metoprolol I can tolerate.

An exhaustive search was been done to figure out why I have hyper tension in the pulmonary artery….no answers have been found. If there is a specialist, procedure, or test I haven’t been put through..it is only because it hasn’t been invented yet.