Pennsylvania Digitek® Lawyers
Digitek Heart Drug Overdose
If you have been seriously injured, call the Pennsylvania personal injury lawyers at Ostroff Injury Law. Our Pennsylvania personal injury law firm represents clients with several types of cases: Auto Accident, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Drug Injury, Medical Malpractice, Motorcycle Accident, Nursing Home Abuse, Pedestrian Accident, Premises Liability, Spinal Cord Injury, Truck Accident, and Wrongful Death. Call us at (800) 769-4LAW (800-769-4529) or fill out a FREE online consultation form.
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Digitek® Heart Drug Overdose
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class I recall of the drug Digitek® after reports of serious adverse reactions and digitalis toxicity in some users. Digitek® is used to treat congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter, which are types of fast heartbeats.
Digitek® was subject to a nationwide recall on April 25, 2008. The recall applied to all oral strength tablets of Digitek®. The recall was due to Digitek® tablets containing twice the approved level of active ingredient, which led to heart patients getting huge doses of a potentially lethal drug (1). Class I recalls only occur when there is a reasonable probability that use or exposure of the product will cause adverse health consequences or death.
As the result of apparent manufacturing mistakes, these double-strength tablets were exposing patients to a risk of digalis toxicity. Digitalis toxicity can cause a number of ailments, including severe cardiac impairment and death and results when someone is exposed to an overdose of the active ingredient in Digitek® and other, similar drugs (1).
Actavis Totowa LLC (formerly known as Amide Pharmaceutical Inc.) makes Digitek®.
Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. distributes Digitek® under the “Bertek” and “UDL” labels.
If you or someone you know took Digitek® and suffered serious cardiac problems, we want to help. Our law firm is currently investigating these cases and seeking compensation for the victims of Digitek® overdoses. Call us or fill out a free online consultation form so you can tell us what happened.
Sources:
1) “Actavis Totowa (formerly known as Amide Pharmaceutical, Inc.) recalls all lots of Bertek and UDL Laboratories Digitek® (digoxin tablets, USP) as precaution” on 4/25/08. Accessed 4/25/08 via www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/actavis04_08.html.
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If you have been seriously injured, call the Pennsylvania personal injury lawyers at Ostroff Injury Law. Our Pennsylvania personal injury law firm represents clients with several types of cases: Auto Accident, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Drug Injury, Medical Malpractice, Motorcycle Accident, Nursing Home Abuse, Pedestrian Accident, Premises Liability, Spinal Cord Injury, Truck Accident, and Wrongful Death. Call us at (800) 769-4LAW (800-769-4529) or fill out a FREE online consultation form.
Our main office is located in Plymouth Meeting, but we have successfully defended injury victims throughout the Pennsylvania, including Allentown, Altoona, Bethlehem, Erie, Johnstown, Pittsburgh, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Williamsport.
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