Refuge51

They knew this for almost two months before sending out the recall. I believe some with kidney problems have died.


Today, May 15th, I received a letter from Walgreens telling me my digoxin had been recalled. I had a new bottle from May 7th, but had poured the remaining digoxin from April into it. I didn't notice that the faulty tabs were slightly larger. I had been wondering why I was feeling so nauseous and dizzy. My chest was hurting and I was becoming bloated and breathless. One week ago Saturday, I was so tired and I ached all over with my fibromyalgia, so I took a half tab (5mg) flexeril.. I woke up ten hours later and when I looked in the mirror, my face was ashen gray. I was so scared I ran into the kitchen to chew an aspirin. Now I know because of the double dose of digoxin combined with even a small dose of flexeril, my heart had slowed down to an almost deadly pace.

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Refuge51

Here's the recall link:
Urgent Digitek Digoxin Recall - US Recall News Alert
I suppose I should make an appt with my doctor to be tested for digoxin poisoning as it's derived from the foxglove plant.
General poisoning notes:

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is an attractive biennial plant that is cultivated in Canada and is naturalized in several provinces. Upon ingestion, this plant can cause toxic reactions that lead to severe sickness and death in animals and in humans. Several important pharmaceutical drugs such as digitalis and digoxin are derived from this plant. The chemicals increase the force of contraction of the heart muscle and are therefore used in cases of heart congestion. Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a naturalized herb found in eastern Canada and British Columbia. It is also a common outdoor ornamental. All classes of livestock are susceptible to poisoning by foxglove. However, because of the unpalatable nature of the plant, poisoning is infrequent, although when it does occur it is often severe and dramatic, frequently resulting in death. Human poisoning occurs rarely. However, poisoning was reported in the children who ate the flowers or drank water from vases. Accidentally including foxglove leaves in tea has led to poisoning and death. Cardiac glycosides are commonly described drugs that have a low margin of safety. Slight overdoses of prescribed medicine can cause symptoms of toxicity (Cooper and Johnson 1984, Cheeke and Schull 1985, Joubert 1989).

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anhailla

Very interesting, it has been heavily used for years.


Edit-after reading the article, it isn't the drug itself in question but rather a brand it's distrubuted under, "digitek". That particular lot of the drug has been found to be double the strength it was labeled as.

that would be dangerous because digoxin in high amounts has always known to be toxic.

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