An FBC not only tests for disorders and abnormalities of the blood but, as blood travels throughout the whole body, it can give an indication of disease present in other organs. An FBC, as the name suggests, is used to obtain a count of the blood cells in the sample of blood taken.
Flecainide is a sodium channel blocker used mainly in the treatment of supraventricular arrhythmias. Central nervous system side effects such as dizziness, visual disturbances, headache and nausea are commonly associated with flecainide, but severe central nervous system toxicity is rare.
Medical Definition of calcium channel blocker. : any of a class of drugs (as verapamil) that prevent or slow the influx of calcium ions into smooth muscle cells especially of the heart and that are used especially to treat some forms of angina pectoris and some cardiac arrhythmiasâcalled also calcium blocker.