Urgent Digitek Digoxin Recall

A class I recall is being issued on all Digitek (digoxin) tablets, which may contain twice the approved level of digoxin.The existence of double-strength pills pose a risk of digitalis toxicity, which can result in nausea, vomiting, low blood pressure, cardiac instability, bradycardia and even death.

Digitek is a registered trademark of Actavis Totowa (formerly Amide Pharmaceutical, Inc.) for their digoxin tablets, which are prescribed to treat heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms. The drug is distributed by Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., under a “Bertek” label and by UDL Laboratories, Inc. under a “UDL” label.

Patients taking Digitek should contact their physician immediately for medical advice. Retailers who carry Digitek should return the product to the place of purchase.

Story plus a pic of the recalled drug at http://www.usrecallnews.com/2008/04/urgent-digitek-digoxin-recall.html

Posted as a public service, since digoxin is a first line drug for congestive heart failure and a lot of folks here are probably on it.

If you are on this particular drug and have had problems with very slow heart rate, dizziness, nausea, or yellowish vision, please call your doctor NOW. If you can't get through, go to an ER.

Already took the recalled pills in, and have exchanged them!

I haven't had any problems...

But to hear is to obey!

Thanks for posting...

:hi:

THEIR LAB to insure this kind of thing never happens! I see there are two distributors listed. I'll be quite surprised if it was Mylan. I don't know anything about UDL.

in the past week or 2. I forwarded this post to her....

I thought the fact of too much dig in her was odd because my understanding is that she's been on dig for a while, she's not elderly (the people I normally associate with increased dig levels because 1) they forget to take a dose, then forgot that they took a dose adn end up taking 2, or 2) decreased kidney/liver function which means more dig in the bloodstream because of decreased metabolism or 3) they're on more medications which can increase dig levels)...I wonder if this is the cause of her increased dig levels?