Hi I am taking Sotolol 40mg twice daily and am experiencing muscle pains in my legs also a little breathlessness when resting. Has anybody experienced similar problems? and if so what were you prescribed. I'm going to have my pacemaker checked to see if it is causing the bumping sensations in my stomach and back the fibrillation nurse thinks it might be a possibility. Any comments would be much appreciated.
Hope everyone is keeping well out there.
Mel
I was on Sotolol 25 years ago. It turned me into a Zombie.
Speak to your EP if it troubles you
Pete
Don't think too many people on sotalol since it was taken off the list of recommended drugs for AF.
I had an ablation in May and was put on Sotalol. They started me out at 120mg and that gave me nasty headaches. They reduced it to 80 mg. I didn't have the headaches but it did tear my stomach up and caused my injection fraction to be very low. I was on Rythmol before that and it worked fairly well. You can always ask your cardiologist about that.
At my worst I was on 480mg a day along with a rate control med.
Yes tired and worn out all the time.
Hi Teignfisher, are you taking Statins at all = muscle/joint pains? The weather is taking its toll re breathlessness even when resting because I feel like that too at the moment. My pacemaker to date has caused no problems at all and its been in situ 2 years now but always worth having it checked out. Taking drugs can cause many problems but I too took Sotolol many years ago and it was good for about a year then the condition again needed different medication, think I then went on Flecanide for a while then Amnioderone for about a month lol and now on Bisoporal and Disopyramide combination.
I am on Sotolol 120 mg a day with minimal side effects - it seems to be the drug of choice for AF control in Australia. I also have a pacemaker to prevent my heart rate dropping below 60 and no issues with that so far.
Bruceb
Yes I am in Australia as well, specialist put me on it after diagnosis of af very bad reaction gave extremely low heart rate, went grey in colour completely out of it, cold sweat, episodes over next seven days. This with one tablet. But you having pace maker will keep your heart at a good rate, so side effects low.
When I was first put on Sotolol after initial AF diagnosis my heart rate collapsed to mid 30s at times so I was taken off it and booked in for a pacemaker. Now with the pacemaker and back on sotolol my resting heart rate stays at about 61 - 63. The only issue I have is that no matter how hard I exercise my heart rate doesn't seem to get above 100 - before all this it would go 120 plus. Makes bike riding up steep hills more difficult when I cross the ditch to ride around hilly Wellington with my son and grandchildren.
Will have a chat to my cardiologist about this when I see him in August.
Bruceb
Sounds similar to me, but did not mention pace maker. My resting heart rate often went down as low as 43 when not in Afib. So when sotolol made heart very slow, said I can't have that and said I needed ablation as my only option. Still can jump about a bit, more on a bad day, but not AF. And resting rate ave 56. Somedays rate with exercise go to 100 other days 120-125 same exercise. Can't complain though as functioning reasonable well.
I have only yesterday seen my cardiologist who has taken me off sotalol and put me back on a higher dose of bisoprolol to help with the breathlessness, I'm still waiting for my ablation which annoyed him (not as much as me ) and he will see me when I've had my ablation .
Hi everyone many thanks for all your comments I'm still awaiting comments from the hospital.
Wishing everyone the best of health.
Mel
Warfarin and side effects.
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Flecainide side effects
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Bisporolol and Digoxin side effects 
