Guest guest Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 My cardiologist has prescribed sotalol after my AF returned 12 days after a cardioversion. He will convert again after a couple of weeks. He told me to start taking it at home - most of the information I find says it has to be started in the hospital. Has anyone else started it at home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 I don't know if it is relevant but my dog that had afib died after 1 & 1/2 months on Sotalol. Symptoms were extremely fast heart rate and body twisted in agony then his heart just stopped. I don't know if this was Torsades de point (sp) which I believe is the main danger from Sotalol or not. but it was awful. Edgar dsasosp wrote: >My cardiologist has prescribed sotalol after my AF returned 12 days >after a cardioversion. He will convert again after a couple of weeks. >He told me to start taking it at home - most of the information I >find says it has to be started in the hospital. Has >anyone else started it at home? > > > >Web Page - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AFIBsupport >FAQ - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AFIBsupport/files/Administrative/faq.htm >For more information: http://www.dialsolutions.com/af >Unsubscribe: AFIBsupport-unsubscribe >List owner: AFIBsupport-owner >For help on how to use the group, including how to drive it via email, >send a blank email to AFIBsupport-help > >Nothing in this message should be considered as medical advice, or should be acted upon without consultation with one's physician. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 Has > anyone else started it at home? Yes, and I presume that many others start it in the same way. Incidentally, sorry to hear about the dog, but I think that it is unduly alarmist to suggest that the same result will transfer to humans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 > Sotalol > DO NOT START THIS DRUG AT HOME Bob and Jerry: I completely agree with the hospitalization to start Sotolol. I was monitored in hospital for three days. Rythmol (Propafenone) used to carry the same warning 8 or 10 years ago. They used to hospitalize everyone to start Rythmol. The warning prints the gentle effects first, but I know from experience (20 years in CCU's) that V Tach is an almost always lethal arrhythmia. Jerry's is not the first case I have read on this board of people who started Sotolol at home. It frightens me, but I can't help but wonder if Sotolol isn't perhaps at some phase where that is being rethought. I think the other person who posted said he was to go back to his Cardio on the second and third day for an EKG (to measure QT interval. Jerry have they asked you to return for EKG on the second or third day? I would just feel safer being admitted to a monitored unit for 3 days. Be well, Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 Woops, sorry Jerry and Bob, I meant those questions for Bob. Mixed up, Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 My EP would not let me go home from the hospital after putting me on Sotolol after a cardioversion. He made me stay two extra days and was even then reluctant to discharge me but I insisted. > My cardiologist has prescribed sotalol after my AF returned 12 days > after a cardioversion. He will convert again after a couple of weeks. > He told me to start taking it at home - most of the information I > find says it has to be started in the hospital. Has > anyone else started it at home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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