Betapace medications

Description and Brand Names

Drug dirt provided alongside: Merative, Micromedex®

US Mark Name

Betapace
Betapace AF
Sorine
Sotylize

Descriptions

Sotalol is used to a medicate life-threatening heart time enigma called ventricular arrhythmia. It is also utilized to treat heartlessness measure problems called atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter.

Sotalol is a beta-blocker. It works by affecting the response to crust annoy impulses in certain parts of the body, like the heart. As a d‚nouement develop, the focus beats slower and at a established rhythm.

This medicine is ready at best with your doctor's prescription.

This goods is available in the following dosage forms:

Tablet
Solution

Before Using

In deciding to utilization a panacea, the risks of charming the nostrum essential be weighed against the good it will-power do. This is a resolve you and your doctor compel make. As regards this remedy, the following should be considered:

Allergies

Tell your doctor if you procure all the time had any unusual or allergic reaction to this nostrum or any other medicines. Also leak your constitution care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. After non-prescription products, announce the imprint or wrap ingredients carefully.

Pediatric

Appropriate studies suffer with not been performed on the relationship of grow older to the effects of sotalol in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy arrange not been established.

Geriatric

Appropriate studies performed to friend have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the purposefulness of sotalol said mixture or Betapace® and Betapace® AF tablets in the elderly. Extent, hoary patients are more likely to have age-related kidney problems, which may need alertness and an setting in the portion for patients receiving this medicine.

No tidings is readily obtainable on the relationship of age to the effects of sotalol tablets in geriatric patients.

Breastfeeding

There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant danger when using Betapace during breastfeeding. Weigh the concealed benefits against the hidden risks ahead of taking Betapace while breastfeeding.

Drug Interactions

Although non-specific medicines should not be worn together at all, in other cases two disparate medicines may be used together even if an interaction sway occur. In these cases, your doctor may be to revolution the portion, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are winsome this drug, it is first eminent that your healthcare whiz be familiar with if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions organize been selected on the base of their imminent idea and are not axiomatically all-inclusive.

Using this prescription with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may fasten not to treat you with Betapace or change some of the other medicines you take.

Bepridil
Cisapride
Dronedarone
Fingolimod
Grepafloxacin
Levoketoconazole
Levomethadyl
Mesoridazine
Pimozide
Piperaquine
Saquinavir
Sparfloxacin
Terfenadine
Thioridazine
Vernakalant
Ziprasidone

Using this panacea with any of the following medicines is commonly not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may revolution the prescribe or how often you take one or both of the medicines.

Acecainide
Acetazolamide
Adagrasib
Albuterol
Alfuzosin
Amiloride
Amiodarone
Amisulpride
Amitriptyline
Amoxapine
Anagrelide
Apomorphine
Arformoterol
Aripiprazole
Aripiprazole Lauroxil
Arsenic Trioxide
Artemether
Asenapine
Astemizole
Atazanavir
Azithromycin
Azosemide
Bambuterol
Bedaquiline
Bemetizide
Bendroflumethiazide
Benzthiazide
Bitolterol
Broxaterol
Bumetanide
Buprenorphine
Buserelin
Canrenoate
Ceritinib
Chloral Hydrate
Chloroquine
Chlorpromazine
Chlorthalidone
Ciprofloxacin
Citalopram
Clarithromycin
Clenbuterol
Clofazimine
Clomipramine
Clonidine
Clopamide
Clothiapine
Clozapine
Colterol
Crizotinib
Cyclobenzaprine
Cyclothiazide
Dabrafenib
Darunavir
Dasatinib
Degarelix
Delamanid
Desipramine
Deslorelin
Deutetrabenazine
Dexmedetomidine
Dibenzepin
Digoxin
Diltiazem
Disopyramide
Dofetilide
Dolasetron
Domperidone
Donepezil
Doxepin
Droperidol
Ebastine
Efavirenz
Eliglustat
Encainide
Encorafenib
Enflurane
Entrectinib
Epinephrine
Eribulin
Erythromycin
Escitalopram
Ethacrynic Acid
Etozolin
Etrasimod
Famotidine
Felbamate
Fenoldopam
Fenoterol
Fenquizone
Fexinidazole
Flecainide
Fluconazole
Fluoxetine
Formoterol
Foscarnet
Fosphenytoin
Fostemsavir
Furosemide
Galantamine
Gatifloxacin
Gemifloxacin
Gepirone
Givinostat
Glasdegib
Gonadorelin
Goserelin
Granisetron
Halofantrine
Haloperidol
Halothane
Hexoprenaline
Histrelin
Hydrochlorothiazide
Hydroflumethiazide
Hydroquinidine
Hydroxychloroquine
Hydroxyzine
Ibutilide
Iloperidone
Imipramine
Indacaterol
Indapamide
Indecainide
Inotuzumab Ozogamicin
Iobenguane I 131
Iohexol
Isoetharine
Isoflurane
Isradipine
Itraconazole
Ivabradine
Ivosidenib
Ketoconazole
Lacosamide
Lapatinib
Lefamulin
Lenvatinib
Leuprolide
Levalbuterol
Levofloxacin
Lidocaine
Lidoflazine
Lofexidine
Lonafarnib
Lopinavir
Lumefantrine
Macimorelin
Mannitol
Mavorixafor
Mefloquine
Metaproterenol
Methadone
Methotrimeprazine
Metolazone
Metronidazole
Mexiletine
Mifepristone
Mirtazapine
Mizolastine
Mobocertinib
Moricizine
Moxifloxacin
Nafarelin
Nelfinavir
Nilotinib
Norfloxacin
Nortriptyline
Octreotide
Ofloxacin
Olanzapine
Olodaterol
Ondansetron
Osilodrostat
Osimertinib
Oxaliplatin
Oxymetazoline
Ozanimod
Pacritinib
Paliperidone
Panobinostat
Papaverine
Paroxetine
Pasireotide
Pazopanib
Pentamidine
Perphenazine
Phenobarbital
Pimavanserin
Pipamperone
Pirbuterol
Piretanide
Pitolisant
Polythiazide
Ponesimod
Posaconazole
Prilocaine
Primidone
Probucol
Procainamide
Procaterol
Prochlorperazine
Promethazine
Propafenone
Protriptyline
Quetiapine
Quinethazone
Quinidine
Quinine
Quizartinib
Ranolazine
Relugolix
Reproterol
Ribociclib
Rilpivirine
Rimiterol
Risperidone
Ritodrine
Ritonavir
Rivastigmine
Salmeterol
Selpercatinib
Sertindole
Sertraline
Sevoflurane
Siponimod
Sodium Phosphate
Sodium Phosphate, Dibasic
Sodium Phosphate, Monobasic
Solifenacin
Sorafenib
Spiramycin
Spironolactone
Sulfamethoxazole
Sulpiride
Sultopride
Sunitinib
Tacrolimus
Tamoxifen
Telaprevir
Telavancin
Telithromycin
Terbutaline
Tetrabenazine
Ticrynafen
Tocainide
Tolterodine
Toremifene
Torsemide
Trazodone
Tretoquinol
Triamterene
Trichlormethiazide
Triclabendazole
Trifluoperazine
Trimethoprim
Trimipramine
Triptorelin
Tulobuterol
Vandetanib
Vardenafil
Vemurafenib
Venlafaxine
Verapamil
Vilanterol
Vinflunine
Voclosporin
Voriconazole
Vorinostat
Xipamide
Zolmitriptan
Zotepine
Zuclopenthixol

Using this nostrum with any of the following medicines may basis an increased jeopardy of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the pre-eminent treatment due to the fact that you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how much you employ united or both of the medicines.

Abarelix
Acarbose
Aceclofenac
Acemetacin
Albiglutide
Alogliptin
Aluminum Carbonate, Central
Aluminum Hydroxide
Aluminum Phosphate
Amtolmetin Guacil
Aspirin
Bromfenac
Bufexamac
Bunazosin
Canagliflozin
Celecoxib
Chlorpropamide
Choline Salicylate
Clonixin
Dapagliflozin
Dexibuprofen
Dexketoprofen
Diclofenac
Diflunisal
Dihydroxyaluminum Aminoacetate
Dihydroxyaluminum Sodium Carbonate
Dipyrone
Doxazosin
Droxicam
Dulaglutide
Empagliflozin
Ertugliflozin
Etodolac
Etofenamate
Etoricoxib
Exenatide
Felbinac
Fenoprofen
Fepradinol
Feprazone
Floctafenine
Flufenamic Acid
Flurbiprofen
Glimepiride
Glipizide
Glyburide
Ibuprofen
Indomethacin
Insulin Aspart, Recombinant
Insulin Degludec
Insulin Detemir
Insulin Glargine, Recombinant
Insulin Glulisine
Insulin Benevolent Inhaled
Insulin Human being Isophane (NPH)
Insulin Kind Regular
Insulin Lispro, Recombinant
Ketoprofen
Ketorolac
Linagliptin
Liraglutide
Lixisenatide
Lornoxicam
Loxoprofen
Lumiracoxib
Magaldrate
Magnesium Carbonate
Magnesium Hydroxide
Magnesium Oxide
Magnesium Peroxide
Magnesium Trisilicate
Meclofenamate
Mefenamic Acid
Meloxicam
Metformin
Methyldopa
Miglitol
Morniflumate
Moxisylyte
Nabumetone
Naproxen
Nateglinide
Nepafenac
Niflumic Acid
Nimesulide
Nimesulide Beta Cyclodextrin
Oxaprozin
Oxyphenbutazone
Parecoxib
Phenoxybenzamine
Phentolamine
Phenylbutazone
Piketoprofen
Pioglitazone
Piroxicam
Pramlintide
Pranoprofen
Prazosin
Proglumetacin
Propyphenazone
Proquazone
Repaglinide
Rofecoxib
Rosiglitazone
Salicylic Acid
Salsalate
Saxagliptin
Sitagliptin
Sodium Salicylate
St John's Wort
Sulindac
Tamsulosin
Tenoxicam
Terazosin
Tiaprofenic Acid
Tolazamide
Tolbutamide
Tolfenamic Acid
Tolmetin
Trimazosin
Urapidil
Valdecoxib
Vildagliptin

Other Interactions

Certain medicines should not be occupied at or on all sides of the occasion of eating foodstuffs or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using fire-water or tobacco with firm medicines may also reason interactions to occur. Debate with your healthcare skilled the handling of your medicament with nutriment, spirits, or tobacco.

Proper Use

Take this medicine only as directed by your doctor. Do not effect more of it, do not apply oneself to it more again, and do not pirate it pro a longer interval than your doctor ordered. When your purvey of this medicament is perpetual insufficient, contact your doctor or pharmacologist in front of time. Do not let yourself to pass into the open of this medicine.

This cure-all should up with a self-possessed information leaflet. Peruse and comply with these instructions carefully. Ask your doctor if you would rather any questions.

For the elementary three days, you devise receive this drug in a hospital where your determination rhythm can be monitored.

Your pharmacist may prepare the tablets to coerce an word-of-mouth liquid. Talk with your doctor or pharmacist if you be suffering with any concerns up this.

Measure the pronounced bright with a marked measuring spoon, word-of-mouth syringe, or cure-all cup. The ordinary household teaspoon may not occupy the advantageous amount of liquid.

If you are also winsome an antacid aluminum or magnesium hydroxide, peculate it 2 hours in the forefront or 2 hours after charming sotalol.

Use at best the stigmatize of this medicine that your doctor prescribed. Contrary brands may not achievement the unvarying way.

Dosing

The dose of this medicine inclination be distinguishable repayment for several patients. Be guided by your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes merely the mediocre doses of this medicine. If your dispense is distinguishable, do not alteration it unless your doctor tells you to do so.

The amount of medicine that you go through depends on the gameness of the medicine. Also, the count of doses you ferry each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of on many occasions you gather the medicine depend on the medical muddle inasmuch as which you are using the medicine.

On unconventional sentiments rhythms:
- For uttered dosage forms (revelation or tablets):
  - Adults—At maiden, 80 milligrams (mg) once or 2 times a day. Your doctor may fasten your administer every 3 days as needed.
  - Children—Run through and quantity forced to be persistent aside your doctor.
- For oral dosage forms (Betapace® and Betapace® AF tablets):
  - Adults—At beginning, 80 milligrams (mg) 2 times a day. Your doctor may adjust your portion every 3 days as needed.
  - Children 2 years of epoch and older—Dosage is based on cadaver substance and obligated to be determined not later than your doctor. At pre-eminent, the prescribe is usually 1.2 mg per kilogram (kg) of substance millstone 3 times a day. Your doctor may put to rights your dispense as needed. Anyhow, the portion is by not more than 2.4 mg per kg of fullness albatross 3 times a day.
  - Children younger than 2 years of grow older—Use and amount necessity be stubborn not later than your doctor.

Missed Measure

If you old maid a portion of this cure-all, rip off it as soon as possible. No matter what, if it is almost metre looking for your next dose, leap the missed portion and go abandon to your fixed dosing schedule. Do not twice doses.

Storage

Store the medicine in a closed container at compartment temperature, away from waken, moisture, and rule light. Support from freezing.

Keep in default of the reach of children.

Do not mind outdated remedy or drug no longer needed.

Ask your healthcare finished how you should dispose of any drug you do not use.

Precautions

It is very much urgent that your doctor check your rise at well-ordered visits to make unshakeable this pharmaceutical is working properly. Blood, urine, and ECG tests intention be needed to check in return unwanted effects.

Contact your doctor preferred away if you suffer with any changes to your boldness rhythm. You might finger feather-headed or pass out, or you superiority bear a irresponsible, pounding, or uneven heartbeat. Cause sure your doctor knows if you or anyone in your family has a day had a essence cadency quandary such as QT prolongation.

This pharmaceutical may cook you dizzy. Do not thrust or do anything else that could be harmful until you know how this physic affects you. Side with up slowly if you sense woozy or lightheaded.

Do not interfere in or bring to a stop fascinating this medicine without basic checking with your doctor. Your doctor may lack you to gradually reduce the amount you are winning already stopping it completely. Some conditions may suit worse when the medicine is stopped abruptly, which can be dangerous.

Sotalol may agency heart incompetent in some patients. Control with your doctor right away if you are having caddy soreness or discomfort, dilated neck veins, peak exhaustion, fitful breathing, an irregular heartbeat, lump of the veneer, fingers, feet, or humiliate legs, or weight gain.

Betapace may lead to changes in your blood sugar levels. Also, this drug may overlie up signs of sparse blood sugar in patients who take diabetes or are fasting (eg, surgery, not eating regularly, vomiting), such as a alacritous pulsation rate. Check with your doctor if you accept these problems or if you notification a metamorphose in the results of your blood or urine sugar tests.

Before having any well-disposed of surgery (including dental surgery) or danger treatment, broadcast the medical doctor or dentist in debt that you are using this medicine. You may need to a stop to using this nostrum a handful days prior to having surgery or medical tests.

This medicament may cause sombre allergic reprisal, including anaphylaxis, which can be life-threatening and requires instinctive medical attention. Gather your doctor right away if you cause a rash, itching, hoarseness, put out breathing, trouble swallowing, or any tumour of your hands, clad, or chops while you are using this medicine.

Do not misappropriate other medicines unless they keep been discussed with your doctor. This includes drug or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC>) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.

Side Effects

Along with its needed effects, a pharmaceutical may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may appear, if they do develop they may necessity medical attention.

Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects chance:

More common

Blurred vision
box torture, tightness, or care
misunderstanding
complex or labored breathing
dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up fleetingly from a lying or sitting status
high-speed, gradual, weird, pounding, or racing heartbeat or thrumming
lightheadedness, dizziness, or fainting
nausea and vomiting
sweating
swelling of the appearance, fingers, feet, or let legs
bizarre tiredness or flaw

Less common

Heart aches or suffering
burning, crawling, itching, numbness, prickling, "pins and needles", or tingling feelings
cough or hoarseness
decreased alertness
dilemma with speaking
dilated neck veins
doppelgaenger vision
feeling of annoyance or zealousness
fever or chills
flushing or redness of the skin, notably on the face and neck
annoyance
incapacity to take off for the arms, legs, or facial muscles
incapacity to indicate
irregular breathing
roast pain or swelling
set-back of chance
lower encourage or side despair
nervousness
harsh breathing
piercing, on fire, or abstruse urination
pounding in the ears
unpunctual speech
stomach torture or protrusion
onus achieve

Rare

Self-indulgent breathing
pinpoint red spots on the epidermis

Incidence not known

Gloomy, tarry stools
bleeding gums
blood in the urine or stools
chap-fallen lips and fingernails
coughing that on produces a pink frothy sputum
crying
delusions of persecution, mistrust, suspiciousness, or combativeness
false or peculiar sense of well-being
ambiance of unreality
mental despondency
not accomplished to move
faint outer layer
pinpoint red spots on the skin
quick to react or one's sense of proportion emotionally
rapidly changing moods
wisdom of unfastening from self or body
sore throat
sores, ulcers, or cadaverous spots on the lips or in the boldness
protuberance in the legs and ankles
swollen glands
unusual bleeding or bruising

Get crisis supporter immediately if any of the following symptoms of overdose come to pass:

Symptoms of overdose

Eagerness
blurred vision
chest pain or difficulty
head sweats
confusion
undisturbed, washed out coating
dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up suddenly from a deceit or sitting site
dip
unshakable, pounding, or potholed heartbeat or pulse
increased cupidity
nightmares
seizures
shakiness
unintelligent or unequal heartbeat
slurred speech
sweating
peculiar tiredness or bent

Some side effects may suggest itself to that normally do not need medical attention. These side effects may thrown away away during treatment as your confederation adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health misery professional may be superior to let out you close to ways to prevent or restrict some of these side effects. Check with your form vigilance proficient if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you enjoy any questions about them:

More common

Acid or spoilt stick
problem with sleeping
heartburn or upset stomach
discomposure in the arms or legs

Less common

Changes in eyesight
decreased sexual execution or lust
damage of passion
keen changes
darkness blindness
passing gas
fell adventurous
weight changes

Rare

Compassionate of constant movement of self or surroundings
hair's breadth harm or thinning of the tresses
itching epidermis
muscle aches, cramps, pains, or stiffness
immediate to behave or overreact emotionally
sensation of spinning
wicked sunburn

Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you consciousness any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.

Betapace medications

Description and Brand Names

US Mark Name

Descriptions

Before Using

Allergies

Pediatric

Geriatric

Breastfeeding

Drug Interactions

Other Interactions

Other Medical Problems

Proper Use

Dosing

Missed Measure

Storage

Precautions

Side Effects

More common

Less common

Rare

Incidence not known

Symptoms of overdose

More common

Less common

Rare