Sotalol and Chest Pain: What Users Say

• Po ...
• January 26, 2011

For Atrial Fibrillation "Was prescribed this for Atrial Fibrillation. After ONE dose, I experienced: light-headedness, nausea, dizziness, chest pain, fast heart rate, high blood pressure, severe depression, slightly blurred vision, fatigue, anxiety, heart missing a beat often. At the time of writing, it's three days after my one dose (I stopped it immediately) and am still encountering some of the above side-effects. I am on no other medications, nor have I been."

• Fas...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• May 21, 2020

For Ventricular Arrhythmia "I have been taking sotalol for about 15 years after I had heart bypass surgery. My problems are PVCs and tachycardia. Sotalol controls these symptoms very well, plus eases chest pains which I occasionally get from exertion. The light blue tablets work best for me. The Apotex brand doesn't last long enough. A therapeutic dose of sotalol should last up to 12 hours. The light blue elongated tablets stamped B104 work best for me."

• Ano...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 14, 2025

"I can't conclusively tell you that sotalol made things worse, but I am just about certain it was this 40 mg daily dose and switching from the diltiazem. Although the sotalol got rid of the PACs and PVCs, it seems to have made the other problems I had worse, so that's my vasospastic angina. It also made prevalent debilitating left side dull chest pains, which now happen a lot. They're truly horrible. I've been on this switch for 2 weeks, and wherever it says that the doctor will monitor you closely... well, that's a cruel lie. Be careful with this medication and always start on the lowest dose."

• All...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• July 23, 2020

For Atrial Fibrillation "Sotalol caused tightness in chest, slow breathing. Loss of sleep."