Flecainide toxicity

Arch Dis Child. 1989 Jun;64(6):860-2. doi: 10.1136/adc.64.6.860.

Abstract

Flecainide toxicity occurred in an infant being treated for refractory atrioventricular re-entry tachycardia. Ventricular tachycardia developed when dextrose was substituted for milk feeds. We believe that milk was interfering with the absorption of flecainide, and so a high serum concentration developed when milk feeds were stopped.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Flecainide / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases / chemically induced
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Male
  • Tachycardia / chemically induced*

Substances

  • Flecainide