TY - JOUR PY - 1998// TI - Fatal flecainide intoxication JO - Journal of accident and emergency medicine A1 - Brazil, E. A1 - Bodiwala, G. G. A1 - Bouch, D. C. SP - 423 EP - 425 VL - 15 IS - 6 N2 - 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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LA - en SN - 1351-0622 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.15.6.423 ID - ref1 ER -