Digoxin Heart Failure Pills Recalled Over Possible Overdose Risks
Generic heart failure and irregular heartbeat pills have been recalled due to concerns they may differ in size and contain more or less the proper dose of digoxin, the active ingredient.
The drug maker, Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd., is recalling Caracao brand Digoxin USP in 0.125 mg tablets and Digoxin USP in 0.25 mg tablets. The pills were distributed before March 31, 2009 and set to expire in September 2011. The Food and Drug Administration is assisting in the voluntary recall.
Digoxin is used to treat heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms. Taking too much of the drug may cause digoxin toxicity in patients with renal failure. Digoxin toxicity can result in nausea, vomiting, dizziness, low blood pressure, cardiac instability, and bradycardia.
In some cases, excess digoxin may result in death, while taking too little of the drug may fail to properly treat irregular heartbeats, leading to life-threatening cardiac instability.
The following digoxin pills are involved in the digoxin recall:
• Caraco Digoxin 0.125 mg is a scored round biconvex yellow tablet imprinted with “437”
• Caraco Digoxin 0.25 mg is a scored round biconvex white tablet imprinted with “441”
Other Oversized Digoxin Pill Recall
In April 2008, digoxin tablets made by Digitek were recalled after an unknown number of oversized tablets thought to contain twice the dose of the drug’s active ingredient were given to patients. About a dozen reports of deaths, illness, and injuries to patients taking the drug have been reported since the suspected double-doses were discovered.
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