Amiodarone and Flecainide interaction

Amiodarone and Flecainide: both prescribing labels flag this combination with the strongest language, such as a contraindication, a boxed warning, or an instruction to avoid it.

Major

Do not combine without a prescriber's guidance. The label language below is the strongest FDA uses.

What the FDA labels say

From the Amiodarone (Nexterone) label · effective 2024-04-16

Major

Reserve the combination of amiodarone with other antiarrhythmic therapies that prolong the QTc to patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias who are incompletely responsive to a single agent.

Warnings and precautionsby drug classView label on DailyMed
Moderate

Cholestyramine Reduced amiodarone serum levels Antiarrhythmics quinidine, procainamide, flecainide Reserve concomitant use for patients who are unresponsive to a single agent.

Drug interactionsnames FlecainideView label on DailyMed

From the Flecainide (Flecainide Acetate) label · effective 2026-02-06

Moderate

When amiodarone is added to flecainide acetate therapy, plasma flecainide levels may increase two-fold or more in some patients, if flecainide acetate dosage is not reduced.

Drug interactionsnames AmiodaroneView label on DailyMed

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