Flecainide and Nifedipine Interaction

Drug interaction information between Flecainide and Nifedipine.

Flecainide and Nifedipine have a documented minor interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a minor-severity interaction between Flecainide and Nifedipine. 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

Nifedipine

Calcium Channel Blocker

How They Interact

There is very little information about how these two drugs work together, so the risks are unknown.

FDA Label Information

There has been too little experience with the coadministration of flecainide acetate with nifedipine or diltiazem to recommend concomitant use.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

Nifedipine has 26 labeled pairs on file vs Flecainide's 22. In the minor band specifically: Flecainide has 19 (also Propranolol, Diltiazem, Carbamazepine, Digoxin); Nifedipine has 22 (also Fluoxetine, Fluconazole, Erythromycin, Clarithromycin).

What mechanism field is on file for Flecainide and Nifedipine?

There is very little information about how these two drugs work together, so the risks are unknown.

Nifedipine's labeled portfolio outnumbers Flecainide

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is minor · classes on file: Flecainide (Class IC Antiarrhythmic); Nifedipine (Calcium Channel Blocker).

Flecainide

1 major · 2 moderate · 19 minor · 22 total

Nifedipine

1 major · 3 moderate · 22 minor · 26 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.