Digitek Facts

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Digitek (digoxin) is the most prescribed medication used to treat congestive heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms in the United States. On April 25, 2008, the drug's manufacturer Actavis Toyota, LLC, a U.S. subsidiary of Actavis Group, voluntarily initiated a nationwide recall of Digitek oral tablets of all strengths. Digitek is sold and distributed by two companies, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. under a "Bertek" label and by UDL Laboratories, Inc. under a "UDL" label.

The recall occurred after it was discovered that as a result of a manufacturing defect, tablets may have been sold in the U.S. market with double the thickness of the normal sized tablets. These flawed Digitek tablets may contain as much as twice the active ingredient. This could mean that patients who take the defective tablets may be exposed to twice the strength of the prescribed dosage.

Potential Effects of Digitek Overdose:

An overdose of Digitek could result in digitalis toxicity. This could be characterized by nausea, vomiting, dizziness, low blood sugar, cardiac instability and bradycardia. In some cases death could result. Actavis ...
... Totowa has received numerous reports of illnesses and injuries due to patients who may have taken the defective tablets. .

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