A 33-year-old male asked:
i take flecainide for pvcs. 100mgx2 daily. i had an edible with about 10mg of marijuana because i was anxious,never had one before. now im getting pvcs and the flecainide which used to stop them now is wearing out at 6 hours after i took it. why?
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Dr. Donald Colantino answered
61 years experience Internal Medicine
Edible marijuana: There have been innumerable reports of acute.cardiovascular events after ingesting edible marijuana. Various factors come into play such as swings in blood pressure causing release of adrenaline, possible contaminants in the product, uncertainty of the alleged dose.. Apparently your maintenance dose of flecainide couldn't.suppress the ventricular irritability caused by the edible marijuana you ate
Answered on Oct 10, 2020
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