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What the FDA labels say about taking them together

Clozapine and flecainide

Clozapine's FDA label of June 6, 2025 names flecainide in its drug interactions section; the flecainide label PlainMeds reads does not name clozapine.

Check it at the source: the clozapine FDA label on DailyMed (effective June 6, 2025, HLS Therapeutics (USA), Inc.); the flecainide FDA label on DailyMed (effective June 11, 2026, Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC).

What does the clozapine label say about flecainide?

Clozapine label, drug interactions

Such drugs include specific antidepressants, phenothiazines, carbamazepine, and Type 1C antiarrhythmics (e.g., propafenone, flecainide, and encainide).

Source: FDA drug label (Clozaril), NDA019758 (Heritage Life), as published by HLS Therapeutics (USA), Inc., effective June 6, 2025 (SPL set 90876802-0e3a-44c9-9ff7-1754dfbe736a), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

What does the flecainide label say about clozapine?

Flecainide's label (effective June 11, 2026) does not name clozapine in these sections. A label lists what its studies and reports found; it is not a complete list.

Source: FDA drug label (Flecainide Acetate), Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC, effective June 11, 2026 (SPL set ee9595d5-08a1-4529-9215-ddc3c7f929c4), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

These are the labels' own sentences. PlainMeds does not grade interactions; a pharmacist or prescriber can say what they mean for one person's medicines.

Both medicines on the record

11Clozapine generic labelers
15Flecainide generic labelers
ClozapineFlecainide
Labeled forSchizophrenian/a
Boxed warningYesNo
Pharmacy cost (NADAC)$0.610 per tablet 100 mg tablet$0.171 per tablet 100 mg tablet
Shortage nowNo current entryNo current entry

Source: FDA NDC Directory, CMS NADAC of October 7, 2026 and the FDA Drug Shortage Database (FDA files October 8, 2026)

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