Flecainide

In the US, Flecainide (flecainide systemic) is a member of the drug class group I antiarrhythmics and is used to treat Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Tachycardia and Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.

US matches:

• Flecainide


• Flecainide Acetate

UK matches:

• Flecainide Acetate
• Flecainide Acetate Tablets 50mg, 100mg (Actavis UK Ltd)
• Flecainide Acetate 100mg (SPC)
• Flecainide Acetate 100mg Tablets (SPC)
• Flecainide Acetate 50mg Tablets (Meda Pharmaceuticals ) (SPC)
• Flecainide Acetate 50mg Tablets (Zentiva) (SPC)

Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

C01BC04

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0054143-55-4

Chemical Formula

C17-H20-F6-N2-O3

Molecular Weight

414

Therapeutic Category

Antiarrhythmic agent

Chemical Name

Benzamide, N-(2-piperidinylmethyl)-2,5-bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-

Foreign Names

• Flecainidum (Latin)
• Flecainid (German)
• Flécaïnide (French)
• Flecainida (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Flecainide (OS: DCIT, BAN)
• Flécaïnide (OS: DCF)
• Flecainide Acetate (OS: BANM, USAN)
• R 818 (IS)
• Flecainidacetat (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Flécaïnide (acétate de) (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Flecainide acetate (PH: BP 2007, Ph. Eur. 5, USP 30)
• Flecainide Acetate (PH: BP 2010, USP 32)
• Flecainidi acetas (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Apocard
  3M, Portugal



• Flécaïne
  Meda, Tunisia



• Flecainide EG
  Eurogenerics, Luxembourg



• Almarytm
  Meda, Italy



• Apocard
  Meda, Belgium; Meda, Luxembourg; Meda Pharma Sau, Spain



• Apo-Flecainide
  Apotex, Canada



• Aristocor
  Meda, Austria



• Diondel
  Roemmers, Argentina



• Docflecai
  Docpharma, Belgium



• Flecadura
  Mylan dura, Germany



• Flecagamma
  Wörwag Pharma, Germany



• Flécaïne
  Meda, France



• Flecainid 1A Pharma
  1A Pharma, Germany



• Flecainid Actavis
  Actavis, Denmark



• Flecainid Alternova
  Alternova, Denmark



• Flecainid AWD
  AWD.pharma, Germany



• Flecainid Hexal
  Hexal, Germany; Hexal, Luxembourg



• Flecainid Stada
  Stada, Denmark



• Flecainidacetat AL
  Aliud, Germany



• Flecainidacetat Stada
  Stada, Germany



• Flecainide Acetate
  Amneal, United States; Apotex, United States; Mylan, United States; Ranbaxy, United States; Roxane, United States; Sandoz, United States; Teva USA, United States



• Flécaïnide Biogaran
  Biogaran, France



• Flecainide EG
  Eurogenerics, Belgium



• Flécaïnide EG
  EG Labo, France



• Flecainide Mylan
  Mylan, Belgium



• Flécaïnide Mylan
  Mylan, France



• Flecaïnide PCH
  Pharmachemie, Netherlands



• Flécaïnide Qualimed
  Qualimed, France



• Flécaïnide RPG
  Ranbaxy, France



• Flecainide Sandoz
  Sandoz, Belgium; Sandoz, Italy



• Flécaïnide Sandoz
  Sandoz, France



• Flecainide Teva
  Teva, Italy



• Flécaïnide Teva
  Teva Santé, France



• Flecainide
  Actavis, United Kingdom



• Flecaïnide-acetaat A
  Apothecon, Netherlands



• Flecainide-acetaat Actavis
  Actavis, Netherlands



• Flecaïnideacetaat CF
  Centrafarm, Netherlands



• Flecaïnideacetaat Disphar
  Disphar, Netherlands



• Flecainideacetaat Katwijk
  Apotex Europe, Netherlands



• Flecaïnideacetaat Merck
  Mylan, Netherlands



• Flecaïnide-acetaat ratiopharm
  ratiopharm, Netherlands



• Flecainide-acetaat Sandoz
  Sandoz, Netherlands



• Flecaïnideacetaat
  Hexal, Netherlands; Stada, Netherlands



• Flecainid-Isis
  Actavis, Germany



• Flecainid-ratiopharm
  Ratiopharm, Germany



• Flecainid-Sandoz
  Sandoz, Germany



• Flecatab
  Alphapharm, Australia



• Flekainid Sandoz
  Sandoz, Sweden; Sandoz, Slovakia



• Merck-Flecainide
  Merck, Luxembourg



• Tambocor
  3M, Chile; 3M, Costa Rica; 3M, Dominican Republic; 3M, Estonia; 3M, Finland; 3M, Guatemala; 3M, Hong Kong; 3M, Honduras; 3M, Israel; 3M, Iceland; 3M, Kenya; 3M, Morocco; 3M, Malta; 3M, Malaysia; 3M, Oman; 3M, Panama; 3M, Philippines; 3M, Romania; 3M, El Salvador; 3M, Taiwan; 3M, United States; 3M, Zimbabwe; Eisai, Japan; Graceway Pharmaceuticals, Canada; iNova, New Zealand; iNova Pharmaceuticals, Australia; iNova Pharmaceuticals, South Africa; Inovail, Singapore; Meda, Belgium; Meda, Switzerland; Meda, Germany; Meda, Denmark; Meda, United Kingdom; Meda, Ireland; Meda, Luxembourg; Meda, Malta; Meda, Netherlands; Meda, Norway; Meda, Sweden

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
BANM	British Approved Name (Modified)
DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
DCIT	Denominazione Comune Italiana
IS	Inofficial Synonym
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Rec.INN	Recommended International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)
SPC	Summary of Product Characteristics (UK)
USAN	United States Adopted Name

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