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Sotalol

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t_07655
t_07655

Does anyone take Sotalol? If so do you have any side effects ? The doctor wants to start me on this but I am afraid to start it .

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  • suzanne48640
    suzanne48640 t_07655

    Posted

    I was on sotorol for two days while hospitalized and had to be taken off it because of shortness of breath that required me to go on oxygen. Once off it, I had no problems   Not good for me. 
    • t_07655
      t_07655 suzanne48640

      Posted

      Thank you for replying back. I'm sorry you had a bad experience while on it .

    • suzanne48640
      suzanne48640 t_07655

      Posted

      After sotorol, I was put on amiodarone which is a last resort drug, but the only one that kept me in rythym. After a (second) hopefully successful ablation 12/16, I have been weaned off the amio, thank goodness. Good luck to u. 
  • diane92162
    diane92162 t_07655

    Posted

    I think some anti-arrhythmic medications are best trialled in a hospital setting first. Some of the side-effects sound very scary and you need to be supervised in case you have a bad reaction. Even in a hospital setting I would be terrified.
  • simon56380
    simon56380 t_07655

    Posted

    I took Sotolol for about a year with no noticeable side effects. My neighbour has been on it for years with no noticeable side effects.

    I am a fifty one year old male, and my neighbor is a sixty one year old male.

  • LuckyPenny1
    LuckyPenny1 t_07655

    Posted

    Hi,  I can only speak for myself but, I was prescribed Sotalol back in 1998 by the cardiologist.  Initially, I was prescribed Verapamil for the SVT but, reading the bad press coverage of Verapamil that prompted me to change my medication.  I don't take it now but, from 98 to 2011 I found it to be okay with no side effects.  Hope this helps. Good Luck.

    • t_07655
      t_07655 LuckyPenny1

      Posted

      What was the bad coverage about verapamil? That's what I am on right now .

    • LuckyPenny1
      LuckyPenny1 t_07655

      Posted

      It was many years ago when I read the small article on Verapamil hopefully, things have improved but, it was the mention of heart failure that worried me so, I came off them.  
  • marco
    marco t_07655

    Posted

    I did take Sotalol but any benefit was cancelled out by my bp meds at the time (Ramipril then Candesartan) which were very bad for my paf and I'm now on Bisoprolol..

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