So sorry this is happening.

Sotol is a beta blocker and is used by those of us with a fib to keep the heart rate in a some what normal range. I took metoprolol, another beta blocker for more than 10 years. My electrophysiologist (cardiologist specializing in heart arrhythmia.) left and I saw a new doctor. He immediately told me that with my lung diseases I should not be taking a beta blocker. He said that recent studies have shown that beta blockers can intensify exacerbations and lead to hospitalization. He wanted to change me to a calcium channel blocker.

I didn't Ike this doctor and also didn't want to change from metoprolol. I made an appointment with the head of the a fib program who had been stolen from another high rated teaching hospital and actually was the reason my first doctor left.

I Iiked this doctor very much and trusted him when he said the same thing about the interaction between beta blockers snd exacerbations of lung disease ( I have chronic bronchitis along with bronchiectasis). I also found a study online supporting this.

I have been taking a calcium channel block for a while now and my heart rate while sometimes high is the same as it was while using the beta blocker. It was not the pulmonologists who were aware of this. They had never even heard that beta blockers can be an issue. But beta blockers are not drugs they prescribe.

I recommend you talk to your electrophysiologist about switching from sotalol to a calcium channel blocker.