Sotalol - does it require hospitalization?

[Guest guest]

Sotelol is a relatively new drug, around 6 years old. In the Uk using this

and amidarone there use to put you into hospital when going on these meds.

Now with lots of people using them and they have been seen to be safe, ie no

body curling up their toes in first three day of initiation they deem it

safe to prescribe this as an out patient.

C Uk

Jo Anne writes:

have read here someone with other problems was given Sotalol was given

under

hospital observation.

Are the CVS instructions out of date or should my husband be having an EKG

within 3 days?>>

[Guest guest]

Yes this is OK if the hospital staff know what they are doing, I was

hospitalized when I started sotalol my BP went very low and the staff

did not respond to it, being completely new to Afib at the time and

recovering from a TIA I did not realize what was happening, consequently

I passed out 3 days after leaving hospital.

I was also put of amerodrone when I was next in hospital to recover from

the problems of sotalol. Again nothing was explained to me and I had no

idea of the serious side effects. I told the doctor once I was aware of

the implications that I did not want to continue taking it.

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Sotalol - does it require hospitalization?

Sotelol is a relatively new drug, around 6 years old. In the Uk using

this

and amidarone there use to put you into hospital when going on these

meds.

Now with lots of people using them and they have been seen to be safe,

ie no

body curling up their toes in first three day of initiation they deem it

safe to prescribe this as an out patient.

C Uk

Jo Anne writes:

have read here someone with other problems was given Sotalol was given

under

hospital observation.

Are the CVS instructions out of date or should my husband be having an

EKG

within 3 days?>>

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[Guest guest]

I went 'round and 'round with my EP about this when he Rx-ed sotalol.

My first dose was to begin on a day that we were headed off for a

long weekend vacation, and hours away from home base and the EP. So,

I was concerned. The urgency was that I was to be converted the day

after we were to return from the mini-vacation, and he wanted me to

be on sotalol for the conversion. The final answer that I got from

him when his staff " wrestled " him to the phone for me was that there

was no reason for ME to worry, because there were no structural

defects in my heart, and also because an angiogram of a few years

earlier showed that all my coronary arteries were wide open. I had

no ill effects other than being unusually drowsy, but the AFib was

tiring me out anyway.

--Steve

[Guest guest]

I am sorry but I don't remember how long I was on Sotalol before they

did an EKG.

I did have to go into the hospital for 3 days when I went on Tikosyn.

Good luck.

Lori

>

> Thank you, Lori.

>

> Do you remember how soon your doctor did an EKG after you started on

Sotalol? The pharmacy papers say there should be an EKG one in 3

days, but the doctor says to come back for one in 7 days.

>

> I have read that the FDA requires 72 hours hospitalization for

Tikosyn.

http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medical_info/pharmacy/septoct2000/pharm.htm

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> Jo Anne

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>

> Re: Sotalol - does it require hospitalization?

>

>

> " was given Sotalol was given under hospital observation. "

>

> When I started Sotalol I was not hospitalized. However, I had been on

> atenalol for about 10 years when I started the Sotalol so that may

> have made a difference. I was hospitalized for three days to start

> Tikosyn.

>

> The Sotalol made me tired most of the time, but it worked well for

> keeping me in NSR. My blood pressure finally got so low that they had

> to take me off of Sotalol and put me on Tikosyn.

>

> It seems everyone is different though.

>

> Lori

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[Guest guest]

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> I am sorry but I don't remember how long I was on Sotalol before

they

> did an EKG. snip

My experience with Sotalol was to begin it in the hospital along with

coumadin and stayed about 5 days, it worked well for 2 years until a

breakthrough AFIB. Into hospital again to increase to 120 which

never really helped anymore. Last November my EP increased it to 160

without hospitalzation but did a follow up EKG in 3 days and again 7

days after that.

I just got out of the hospital from my 3 day stay for Tikosyn and

hoping it works although I did have an AFIB episode on the second day

of dosing. My EP said it was not long enough to be effective at that

time. I was always tired on Sotalol and hope Tikosyn does not have

same effect

BARB IN PA

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> > Do you remember how soon your doctor did an EKG after you started

on

> Sotalol? The pharmacy papers say there should be an EKG one in 3

> days, but the doctor says to come back for one in 7 days.

> >

> > I have read that the FDA requires 72 hours hospitalization for

> Tikosyn.

>

http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medical_info/pharmacy/septoct2000/

pharm.htm

> >

> > Jo Anne

> >

> >

> > Re: Sotalol - does it require

hospitalization?

> >

> >

> > " was given Sotalol was given under hospital observation. "

> >

> > When I started Sotalol I was not hospitalized. However, I had

been on

> > atenalol for about 10 years when I started the Sotalol so that

may

> > have made a difference. I was hospitalized for three days to

start

> > Tikosyn.

> >

> > The Sotalol made me tired most of the time, but it worked well

for

> > keeping me in NSR. My blood pressure finally got so low that

they had

> > to take me off of Sotalol and put me on Tikosyn.

> >

> > It seems everyone is different though.

> >

> > Lori

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Web Page - http://www.afibsupport.com

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email,

> > send a blank email to AFIBsupport-help

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> > Nothing in this message should be considered as medical advice,

or

> should be acted upon without consultation with one's physician.

> >

> >

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