Dosage form:intravenous solution (15 mg/mL), oral solution (5 mg/mL), oral tablet (120 mg; 160 mg; 240 mg; 80 mg; AF 120 mg; AF 160 mg; AF 80 mg) Drug classes:Group III antiarrhythmics,Non-cardioselective beta blockers
Betapace or Sorine: 80 mg orally every 12 hours initially; increased as needed to 120-160 mg every 12 hours (2-3 days between increments) to 160-320 mg/day divided every 8-12 hours; up to 480-640 mg/day may be required if benefits outweigh increased adverse effects Atrial Fibrillation/...
160 mg strength imprinted “58/77” on one side and “V” on the reverse side available in the following configurations:Bottles of 10: NDC 0603-5771-10 Bottles of 100: NDC 0603-5771-21 Bottles of 500: NDC 0603-5771-28 Bottles of 1000: NDC 0603-5771-32 Unit dose packs of 100: NDC...
The authors concluded that amiodarone may be more effective but that it also has more side effects than sotalol. They did not consider the cost of the 2 drugs. According to our hospital pharmacy, the cost of amiodarone, 200mg/day, is approximately US $8.10. Sotalol, 160 mg (80 mg twice...
Sotalol was started at a dose of 160 mg once daily for 1 week, followed by a 24-hour recording. In the absence of any therapeutic effect, the same procedure was repeated with 320 mg, 480 mg, and 640 mg daily. Procainamide, 1 gm three times/day, was given or, if plasma ...
CONCLUSION: Initiating sotalol at 120-160 mg orally twice per day marginally increases the risk of cardiac and non-cardiac side effects compared to the standard starting regimen of 80 mg b.i.d. Such an accelerated dosing regimen neither shortened hospitalization nor had any effect on treatment ...
Patients were evaluated with serial ambulatory ECG monitoring and exercise testing during stable digoxin dosing and then with the addition of either a placebo or dl-sotalol, 80 mg/day, or dl-sotalol, 160 mg/day. The combination of digoxin and dl-sotalol, at either 80 or 160 mg/day, ...
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The effects of long term (4 weeks) treatment with oral metoprolol (100 mg twice daily) and sotalol (160 mg twice daily) on ventricular repolarisation time were compared in a double blind crossover study in 20 patients post-infarction. For QT interval studies transoesophageal atrial pacing was...
Patients receiving amiodarone were maintained at a dose of 200mg/day after a 30 day loading phase. The sotalol dose was 160鈥 480mg daily, as tolerated.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURESRecurrence of atrial fibrillation or side effects.RESULTSIn the amiodarone group, 31 of the 65 patients developed atrial ...