Flecainide and Darifenacin Interaction

Drug interaction information between Flecainide and Darifenacin.

Flecainide and Darifenacin have a documented moderate interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a moderate-severity interaction between Flecainide and Darifenacin. This page displays the available source-record category and label text. The category is not an individual risk estimate or medication-combination direction.

Drug A

Flecainide

Class IC Antiarrhythmic

Drug B

Darifenacin

Anticholinergic (Overactive Bladder)

How They Interact

Darifenacin interferes with the enzyme that clears flecainide from your system. This can cause the heart medicine to reach high levels in your body that could be toxic.

FDA Label Information

7 DRUG INTERACTIONS Caution should be taken when darifenacin extended-release tablets are used concomitantly with medications that are predominantly metabolized by CYP2D6 and which have a narrow therapeutic window, such as flecainide, thioridazine and tricyclic antidepressants ( 7.2 ) The concomitant use of darifenacin extended-release tablets with other anticholinergic agents may increase the frequency and/or severity of dry mouth, constipation, blurred vision and other anticholinergic pharmacological effects. 7.3 CYP2D6 Substrates Caution should be taken when darifenacin extended-release...

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Flecainide + Darifenacin?

Compiled FDA labeling labels this pair moderate. That is a source-record field, not an individual medication-combination decision.

Which drug in this pair has the larger labeled-interaction portfolio?

Flecainide has 22 labeled pairs on file vs Darifenacin's 18. In the moderate band specifically: Flecainide has 2 (also Fluoxetine); Darifenacin has 3 (also Thioridazine, Itraconazole).

What mechanism field is on file for Flecainide and Darifenacin?

Darifenacin interferes with the enzyme that clears flecainide from your system. This can cause the heart medicine to reach high levels in your body that could be toxic.

Flecainide carries more major-labeled pairs than Darifenacin

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is moderate · classes on file: Flecainide (Class IC Antiarrhythmic); Darifenacin (Anticholinergic (Overactive Bladder)).

Flecainide has 1 major-labeled pair vs Darifenacin's 0. This page itself is in the moderate band, not the major band.

Flecainide

1 major · 2 moderate · 19 minor · 22 total

Darifenacin

0 major · 3 moderate · 15 minor · 18 total

Sources: FDA Drug Labels (SPL) via openFDA (2026). This is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. This registry does not provide individual medication-combination directions.