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Case Reports
. 1998 Nov;15(6):423-5.
doi: 10.1136/emj.15.6.423.

Fatal flecainide intoxication

E Brazil  1 , G G Bodiwala, D C Bouch
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Case Reports

Fatal flecainide intoxication

E Brazil et al. J Accid Emerg Med. 1998 Nov.

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.

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