Betapace: profile and news

Cordarone Cuts ICD Shocks, but Side Effects May Outweigh Benefit  Jan 10, 2006
...and sotalol are difficult to tolerate and more than 18% of patients stopped taking Cordarone by 12 months, while 23.5% of patients discontinued Betapace. ... - MedPage Today,

FDA Approves Avelox for Abdominal Infections  Nov 30, 2005
Patients with arrhythmias who are taking quinidine, procainamide, amiodarone, and Betapace (sotalol) should also avoid taking Avelox. - MedPage Today,

Afib Recurs Less Often With Catheter-Based Ablation vs. Drugs  May 31, 2005
...recommended regimen was oral Tambocor (flecainide) 100 to 150 mg twice daily, Rythmol (propafenone) 225 to 300 mg three times a day, and Betapace (sotalol) 120 ... - MedPage Today,

Betapace Proves the Equal of Cordarone in Atrial Fibrillation  May 5, 2005
WEST LOS ANGELES-The antiarrhythmic Betapace AF (sotalol) has been found to be the equal of Cordarone (amiodarone) in restoring normal sinus rhythm in patients ... - MedPage Today

Wyeth drug cuts atrial fibrillation relapse  May 6, 2005
May 06 (Reuters) - Wyeth's drug Cordarone does a better job at preventing the return of an irregular heart rhythm than Betapace, a Schering drug designed to do ... - Heart Center Online

Treatment of Abnormal Heartbeat Tricky  May 4, 2005
The drugs, amiodarone (Cordarone) and sotalol (Betapace) help restore a normal heartbeat for people with atrial fibrillation, in which the two upper chambers ... - Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription)

Atrial fibrillation, Amiodarone more efficacy than Sotalol for ...  May 5, 2005
Amiodarone ( Cordarone ) is more efficacy than Sotalol ( Betapace ) for maintaining sinus rhythm, but both drugs have equal efficacy in patients with ischemic ... - Xagena.it,