User Reviews for Tambocor oral

This medicine has been ok for me I do get tired taking it but all in all no problems

This med has caused me to have shortness of breath which is very scary. My doctor said to cut the dose. I was put on 50mg cut it to 25mg and still having proublems breathing.I have not had any flutters thats good.

I was diagnoised with a high heart rate in 1992 and started on Tenormin, it worked great by itself until late 1994. Have been on several meds and had an EP study with radial ablation that was unsucessful, with tachycardia that never slowed down after the procedure. In fact, it was so bad that I had to start Tambocor before my heart was healed from the surgery. Have been on Tambocor ever since 1995 and am very exhaused all the time but I also have chronic fatigue syndrome. I still have tachycardia but usually only last a few minutes. I would probably have died had I not gotten on Tambocor. Read More Read Less

Taking 200 to 250 mg a day--100 in AM, 50 in afternoon if I need it and 100 in PM. Taking 3 times a day instead of twice seems to help on the days when I have breakthrough arrythmias. Some days are better than others. Also, I use accupressure bands and they seem to work. I was skeptical but they do help with breakthrough arrythmias. No serious side effects. Have mild problems with peripheral vision. Overall, the benefits are worth the side effects.

Perfect treatment - Tambacor Controls irregular heartbeats completely - with no side effects that I am aware of. However one Cardiologist informed me that he would not prescribe this drug to anyone for any reason - even if it was the only drug that worked. It is too hard on the heart- saying to me - You must have a strong heart. I had taken this for 15 years and could have run from LA to NYC without any concern about going into irregular or rapid arrhythmia

I could not swallow food without my heart going from 40 to 178 BPM and getting very lightheaded for only about 5-10 seconds after swallowing. I tried ablation, however since the problem only lasted a very short time the problem was difficult to find and fix. A dose of 50MG twice a day of flecainide has solved the problem for the past three months...no more episodes. Follow up ekg was normal.

I was put on this medication in a hospital in July '08 where they did a stress test because it's not recommended if you have blockages. In Jan '10 I experienced Sudden Cardiac Arrest. I'm only here because someone knew CPR. I was NEVER told that SCA was a side-effect! How can that be an acceptable side-effect? Death??? The book "Deadly Medicine" by Thomas J Moore was written in 1995 and is out of print now. What has happened since then? I wish I had read it before I agreed to take flecainide/tambocor. This is NOT acceptable!Read More Read Less

Ever since I had my child I've had an irregular heartbeat with runs of ventricular tachycardia, I was on amiodarone for a year and got switched to tambocor about two months ago. When i wore a holtor montor my doctor told me my PVCs have decreased quite a bit, but i've found myself feeling dizzy and anxious, and i've had a difficult time falling asleep and i've gotton sligtly irritable. Wondering if anybody else has experienced these symptoms?

Holter monitor of my ventricular tachycardia showed it was occurring 50% of the time. Started on 50 mgs twice a day which stopped the arrhythmias but...also totally depleted my quality of life. I've been struggling with trying to adjust the dosage for over six months...and continue to feel miserable, Dizzyness, disorientation, increased hunger, tired all the time, bruising badly and breaking out in rashes. Rotten disposition too!

work's wonderful for a-fib, no problems in 6 months. i have a problem with it, drop's blood sugar to 44-60 after taking it. i think this drug would help anyone, i have been tryed on everything. good-luck.has anyone had a problem with blood sugar?

I was getting AF very frequently and I never knew when it would start or stop. Went to Electropysiologist and he started me on 50mg of flecainide twice a day in August....have not had any incidents since then..it is now Feb...had one incident with congestive heart failure, never had it before...dr. says he might not give the drug with congestive heart failure...he is too conference with cardiologist.

Have been using 200 mg/day since last 5 years. No problems at all.

I had AFib every couple days so Dr put me on this drug 200 mg-100 mg in a.m. and 100 mg in p.m. I hated it--caused tremendous amount of flutters (which I had not had any of these prior to the med-just AFib),pounding heart, numbness in arms and legs, short bouts of AFib and then convert. I called Dr after two weeks and wanted to go off med. He advised quit cold turkey and wanted to start me on Sotalol (sp?) three days later. I asked the Dr about just reducing the amount of Tambocor and he just thought it would be better to switch meds. I was against this much drug changing going on with my heart so I reduced the Tambocor on my own to 50 mg in a.m. and 50 mg in p.m. The first day of changing things were already better-- No more flutters and pounding. Sleeping better and less "foggy" feeling. So glad I just reduced instead of bouncing around to other drugs. Only been a few days but it feels wonderful to have a heart that I don't feel every second of the day. If you're struggling with this med, it may be the dosage, not the med itself. Read More Read Less

some dizziness

I have paroxysmal lone afib. I was given intravenous flecainide in Holland on a business trip ten years ago; it was the first drug that had any effect. In 5 years previous, afib episode would last for hours to days; cardioversion was ineffective. When I returned to US, I started on 75 mg bid, along with metoprolol. When metoprolol was discontinued due to hypnogogic hallucinations, I started having fainting spells. Replacing metoprolol with atenolol solved the fainting problem, and for ten years my afib episodes happened only once or twice a year, and they last only about 4 hours (with an extra 1/2 dose of flecainide after 2 hours) During this time the daily flecainide dose was increased to 150mg bid. Last week I began a swarm of 2-4 hour afib episodes, 5 so far. Flecainide level in the blood is not yet back from the lab so don't know if bad batch of drug, or what; have an echocardiogram and stress test are scheduled in case something has changed for the worst. (I came to this site to check out rythmol, which will be considered if flecainide is no longer working)Read More Read Less

I have had A-Fib since 1999. Been cardioverted numerous times. Up until last January 2009 I was in A-Fib 5-7 times a month. I started Tambocor and have been in a short A-fib spell for a couple of hours. Fantastic! I now walk/run and work out 4 times a week and feel great. I can not say enough about what this medicine has done to change my life.

My 12yr old daughter has takes 225mg daily (3x75mg 1.5 tablets dose daily) She is sleeping, drowsey, shakey, very bad colour, weak all the time. She has been on the medication for just over one month

My elecrophysiologist insists this drug is safe and effective, especially at the small dosage I take. So far the treament backs up his opinion, and I have almost total control of my tachycardia - maybe a short episode a few times a year. I have concerns about long term usage, or what happens if I have a cardiac attack or issue unrelated to my tachy.