Drug Summary

  Drug name:  tocainide
  Chemical name:  Tocainide hydrochloride
  Formula:  C₁₁H₁₆N₂O
  Weight:   192.2575
  CAS no:  41708-72-9
  DrugBank link:  DB01056
  Description:  An antiarrhythmic agent which exerts a potential- and frequency-dependent block of sodium channels. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of documented ventricular arrhythmias, such as sustained ventricular tachycardia, that, in the judgment of the physician, are life-threatening.