Recently, I have a rash and the pharmacist thinks both these conditions are caused by my Sotalol. My doctor has stopped the Sotalol and put me on Varapamil until I can see my cardiologist. The cough is improving but still a very liquid raspy cough. Do you think this would be caused by Sotalol and what are the long term effects.
Some nights I dont have any trouble and other nights its like what the hell. I am taking a beta blocker (SOTALOL 80MG BID) and have been for the past 6 years.I asked my electrophysiologist if this could start causing the softer erections but he said more than likely not. But he said it is possible that is a factor. He told me to get off for a week and see what happens. I planned on stopping the meds 2/16. Anyways thanks.
a) I appear to be quite fatigued by the sotalol; does this get better over time?
b) When exercising, my heart rate isn't climbing to my normal range (140-160 bpm) and my performance is suffering for it. Is there a trick to handling this other than simply slowing down, and is there less or no benefit to 'cardio' workouts when you can't get your heart rate to the preferred zone?
The question of beta-blockers and exercise is very interesting and I'm still not sure what's really going on. I take Sotalol for Afib and am in NSR; I work out regularly. My experience is that my heart rate is definitely suppressed at a given exercise level from what it used to be without the drug. I know this for sure as I had a regular treadmill routine with a known heart rate and when I started taking Sotalol my heart rate dropped dramatically.
next five years passed and numerous visits too er,one angiogram heart normal and 4 eps studies,all too no avail,no ablation done and notoow my cardiologist tells me he thinks i also have af,puts me on aspirin and sotalol,am taking aspirins but not sotalo as i think risks of taking these too high too be done in the home background and not a clinical monitored situation,i am now beginning too wonder just how much my doctors do actually know about these conditions.
When I read yesterday that Sotalol AF was for Afib and plain Sotalol for ventricular arrhythmias, I was concerned that maybe my EP or even the pharmacy had made a mistake! But, that is more of my irrational thinking that can put me in a panic, because the facts are, Sotatlol has been great. I should say that I was very fatigued for the first two to three weeks when I began the Sotalol. It was like I had a governor inside my chest!
Im a 44 y/o woman, and I enjoy long-distance running. A year ago I had an ICD placed for confirmed sustained VT. It's likely that my arrhythmia is genetic - CPVT, though I haven't chosen to do genetic testing. My heart is structurally quite healthy.
Prior to having the ICD placed I was a middle-of-the-pack marathoner and triathete. After the ICD was placed I was on Metropolol which I couldn't tolerate and was switched to Sotalol.
I switched from Sotalol to Multaq back in September and was concerned at the time about weaning off the Sotalol. I posted a thread back then asking the same question. My doctor told me to just stop the Sotalol and start the Multaq the next day without missing a dose time. Both drugs were taken twice daily so I took my last Sotalol at dinner and my first Multaq the next morning. I had a few days of jittery nerves and anxiety as the beta blockade came down but that was all.
Then my doctor added Cardizem with the sotalol and that helped for awhile also. In the summer of 2007 my fib and flutter started breaking through the meds again and it was decided that my last resort was an ablation. I had it done in January 08. So far so good. Why did your new cardio take you off the sotalol? Do you see an EP or just a cardio doctor. If you see a cardio doctor I would suggest changing to an EP. The specialize in heart rhythm problems.
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Thank you both! Jerry, I have AFib and SVT. Thankfully, both have been very successfully treated with Sotalol. And so, for that reason, my EP (like yours, Twinbee) has decided to cut me back to Toprol- which is good news. He originally decided on 25 mg twice daily, but my blood pressure is a low normal anyway (100/60 or lower at times) and wanted to avoid it being lowered any further. Thank you both very much for the responses!
I was on toprol for alittle while, and it did help me. I was also on Sotalol for a few years (combined with Cardizem) and that helped me also. In regard to V-fib and sotalol, I really haven't heard of that. I have heard of v-tach a very low possibality when on sotalol, but not v-fib. I would recommend you trying the sotalol. When I was first put on it, I was monitored in the hospital for 3 days. I had no reaction to it. Yes, it did make me tired, but I got use to it. Good Luck!
Patrish1, I am on Sotalol for the same reason although my episodes were becoming weekly events - much worse than yours. I went on Bisoprolol initially but it didn't hold me in NSR so my Cardio prescribed the Sotalol. I am on the lowest possible dosage - 40mg, twice daily. This is a powerful drug and it has been very effective in keeping my heart in normal rhythm.
Friday I had my 6 month post ablation (a-fib/a-flutter) check up. My CT scan, echo look great and I have had no a-fib or a-flutter attacks since. I have been having occasional PVC"S and PAC"S, but nothing too bothersome. My EP has decided to "wean" me off sotalol, and now I am to take Toprol 25mg twice a day for 3 months, then 25mg once a day for the next three months. Then hopefully, in February he will take me off the toprol (as long the the monitors show no activity).
then i talked with my cardiologist and i did another echo which is normal with 70% EF. my doctor gave me sotalol and told me it is good drug for isolated pvcs. also told me if after taking sotalol pvcs persists then i need to do another holter. after taking sotalol for 14 days pvcs almost gone.
after searching internet i am freaked out. i dont want to be worried all the time as i am worry now because of these after knowing that pvcs can be vtach and my previous holter showed 5 beats in a row.
My husband is on the medication Suboxone and I was needing to know if he can take Viagra with this medicine? We don't want him to take it and go into withdraws or anything so, are the two compatible?
If only been on Sotalol for 3 days 80mg twice day how slowly would you decrease tablets if you wanted to stop taking ?
All new and existing patients currently taking BetapaceR (sotalol HCl) or generic sotalol for atrial fibrillation should be transferred to BetapaceAF™. Betapace and generic sotalol are not approved for the AFIB/AFL indication and should not be substituted for BetapacAF™. BetapaceAF™ is the only sotalol approved for highly symptomatic AFIB."
Called the company who said they are not the same and are not interchangeable.
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