Renal failure patients face serious risk of digitalis toxicity

Patients suffering from renal failure who take recalled double-strength Digitek are significantly at risk for digitalis toxicity. This is a condition in which the amount of digitalis in the blood becomes too high, causing toxic effects. Some symptoms of digitalis toxicity include:

• nausea,
• vomiting,
• dizziness,
• low blood pressure,
• cardiac instability, and
• bradycardia.

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Sources: “Digitek Recall Blamed on Shoddy Manufacturing,” News Inferno, June 4, 2008 (http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3199); “Actavis Totowa (formerly known as Amide Pharmaceutical, Inc.) recalls all lots of Bertek and UDL Laboratories Digitek® (digoxin tablets, USP) as precaution,” US Food and Drug Administration Press Release, April 25, 2008.

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