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SOTALOL

by RICH299, May 26, 2008 07:06PM
SOTALOL AND SOTALOL AF ARE BOTH THE SAME DRUG??? WHY ARE THEY USED FOR DISFFERENT THINGS???   BETAPACE 80MG IS SOTALOL 80MG...  BETAPACE AF 80 MG IS SOTALOL AF 80 MG....  IS THIS CORRECT????
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by acjviolin, May 26, 2008 07:10PM
To: Rich299
I take Sotalol, 80 mg twice daily (BetaPace).  Sotalol AF (BetaPace AF) is a different drug.  You may want your pharmacist to explain it to you, or your EP if you are under the care of one.  It is my understanding that the Sotalol is more for ventricular arrhythmias, but my EP has prescribed it for my SVT and AFib.  

by angstrommedhelp, Sep 22, 2009 11:06AM
Nonsense. Same drug. Just the pamphlet has a different slant.
Sotalol [generic], Betapace and Betapace AF, are chemically identical.
Look at the formula that comes with the drug. Am I wrong?

Presumably they are made into "different" drug because of different uses by the FDA.

Sotalol can be quite dangerous when starting the drug due to its ability to
prolong the QT interval in the heart beat. This excessive caution by the FDA
probably, according to them, I think, justifies the confusion of the exact same
drug have 2 different names.

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