Sotalol

[roma60]

Help! I was diagnosed wit PAF in March and put on Sotalol 80 mg 2x a day. The side effects are terrible. I am dizzy, stomack pains, exhausted, can't walk more then 30 yards without feeling like I am going to faint and my heart rate jumps from 65 to between 105 to 120, and my blood pressure is up too. Cardiologist finally agreed that I can go back on Bystolic 5 mg 1x daily. Any experience with stopping Sotalol one day and starring a new beta blocker the next? I am all nervous about this constant medication change.

[rosyG]

Pleased you are switching as Sotslol not used much now. No info about process but you should be fine.

[roma60 in reply to rosyG]

Thanks for your response

[Paulbounce]

Hi Roma.

It's normal to be concerned when you have a med change - I think we all are. However I've had a change recommended in the past by my cardio (when I thought maybe I should be weaned off) but all was fine. That was a beta blocker too and the worry soon passed. I'm sure your cardio wouldn't suggest it if there was cause for concern.

I hope the change of med works for you

Paul

[roma60 in reply to Paulbounce]

I am back on Bystolic, it's day 2 and I am feeling better already.

[Janith]

I feel absolutely nothing from sotalol … same dosage as you. I feel perfectly normal.

[sleeksheep]

Any experience with stopping Sotalol one day and starring a new beta blocker the next?

When I was switched from Sotalol to Flecainide I was just told to stop that day and start the following day ( break of 24 hrs )

I started on Diltiazem the same day as the Flecainide and still taking it even thou have stopped the Flecainide.

I also found Sotalol a disagreeable drug , nausea and extreme tiredness the whole time I was on it.

[roma60 in reply to sleeksheep]

I felt terrible on it.

[4EvrVT in reply to sleeksheep]

hmmmmm, I am constantly tired; just figured working too many hours.....

[sleeksheep in reply to 4EvrVT]

I was on it for nearly six years and have been of it for going on six years.

Dont get the afternoon drowsiness and morning nausea since it was stopped.

I often only sleep six to seven hours and dont flag, the difference is quite remarkable since coming off it.

My Cardiologist called it a dirty drug in that its side effects are ongoing.

[Patsywoo]

I'm on sotalol 80mg twice a day and I feel tired a lot of the time and not even sure if they work at all as I still get AF and atrial flutter.

[roma60 in reply to Patsywoo]

Same here, it made may blood pressure go up too.

[emmap985 in reply to Patsywoo]

Hi Patsywoo, I am very similar to you. Only been on Sotalol a few weeks and take 80mg twice a day. I feel pretty awful on it too and still get flutter alot and Afib. I even have to take the second tablet earlier than 12 hours as flutter and Afib break through after about 8 hours. I either think it's not working or I need a higher dose. So I sympathize with you.

[4EvrVT]

I don't have any issues. I take one in AM and one just before bed. My problem was with my BP meds; those made me terribly dizzy.

[Jacqlihe]

I too had similar problems with sotalol!