Comments on: Urgent Digitek Digoxin Recall

By: Heart Palpitations, Slow Heart Rate, Low Blood Pressure: Symptoms or Side Effects?

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:24:19 +0000

[...] Digitek (digoxin) is used to treat congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Digoxin is derived [...]

By: christiane cowsert

christiane cowsert — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:01:04 +0000

since last march o8 after my husband hospital stay he could get back on his feet what so much trouble could eat could sleep was in the hospital 5 times in the period of the year until dec 15 and them they say he was over dose on medecine they check his blood and it was from the medecine who had being recall and no one tall us after a stay in the hospital for 2 weeks he pass away on january 1- 09 on feb 09 i received a letter from his pharmacy and say for him to stop taking the medication digitek dioxin was was recall :: our doctor also tall us in the hospital the medecine had being recall but to late to do any for my husband ;; and he was to far gone after going back in forth to the hospital for 9 months hope every one stop taking the medecine before it was to late for my husband he took it from march until dec NEVER HEARD THAT MEDECINE WAS RECALL EITHER UNTIL FEB 09 I HAVE PROOF NOW FROM THE PHARMACY

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:49:25 +0000

My grandmother of 78 has been taking digoxin for awhile I ran across this site when looking up side effects on digoxin. My grandmother was in one hospital for 13 days then we took her home and she went back to hospital 3 days later and is still in there and its been 8 days. She was doing great Sat. evening sittin up in her chair working her puzzle book and alert. I got a call Sunday morning saying my grandmother wanted me there now!! When i got to hospital she was very cold to the touch but she was sweating and she wasnt very alert. She would sleep and barely open her eyes for a second or two. She told me she felt weak and she kept saying she was hot but her body temp. was droping and she was having a hard time breathing. Her body temp droped to 93 when i called her doctor. He was there within 30 min. he told me my grandmother was in heart failure he said her digoxin levels was to hight. She still isnt out of danger they are trying to get her heart to slow down, but I am thankful that she is still with me. I wonder after reading this if it was all caused by her digoxin she was taking.. If it is or could be then how come WE NEVER HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL ????

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:14:28 +0000

I had been on digoxin for 8 or 9 years and experienced the excessive sweating, lack of energy and rapid heart beats. In april of 2005 I had conjective heart failure and had to be rushed to the hospital. I thought I was going to die. I wonder if digoxin was a contributing factor in these problems. 2008 my doctor contacted me to change to lanoxin. I wonder if the digoxin caused my CHF. Please give me come answers. Thanks

By: Lucille Langelier

Lucille Langelier — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:07:07 +0000

I am writing in regards to my mother who has been informed of the digoxin recall. She has had a very bad winter; shortness of breath, hard time sleeping, and a bad case of gout along with a pneumonia. She has a leaky valve problem and was supposed to have surgery but because of the digoxin her blood levels are so bad she was told she cannot have the surgery. Where does this leave her???? Leaky vavles but you can’t have surgery. Needless to say I along with my four siblings are very upset about all of this. She is 78 years old and should be arond for several more years.

By: Shirley Long

Shirley Long — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:25:06 +0000

I have to put my husbands experiance with Digoxin in with the rest of them, he has taken it for 4years, the druggest said he had been on the one that was recalled but we don’t know for how long, we think the whole digoxin pill should be removed, he has been so sick , all this time, until K-mart called and said we could get a refund if we had any left over, and that was only three weeks ago. we even went to look at cemetery lots, no one told us anything about it, he was in the emrgency room three times , for shortness of breath, and so weak he could hardly dress himself.
keep us posted

By: Anna Gasperoni

Anna Gasperoni — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:30:29 +0000

I had submitted my comments about my mom on Feb. 24, 2009. Just a little update , A very nice attorney’s office contacted me from Cleveland TN. I had filled out the questionaire regarding “do you need a lawyer and do you have a wrongfill death case regarding Digitek/Digoxin ? Well it didn’t cost me anything and her office gave me some good information. I live in Brooklyn New york and she advise me that her office has over 400 cases and counting. She took her my mom’s information and is refering me to a lawyer in New York who is also taking cases regarding this sad situation. I have to tell you , I have found another site LawyersandSettlements.Com which came me alot of information you need to know. Again, this is not going to bring us our love ones back to us. I would rather have my best friend then a settlement. At least maybe I can bring justice to my mom. Feel free to e-mail me. Anna artanna30@msn.com

By: Kathy M

Kathy M — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:57:15 +0000

My mother has been on Digoxin for many years. Just two weeks ago my mother’s pharmacist recalled her Digoxin and gave her Lanoxin in its place. I just learned that this recall has been in place for over a year now!!!!!! Why did my mom’s pharmacist just recall it now????? I blame the drug company, the pharmacist and her heart doctor. She was hospitalized at least twice for symptoms of low blood pressure, nausea, dizziness and no appetite. Both times, they could not find out what was wrong with her. After reading these comments from many people who were on the Digoxin, I’m convinced that her problems were caused by this poisoned drug. This really upsets me that they can get away with this and make people ill because of it.

By: Michael Dalton

Michael Dalton — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:01:45 +0000

It was recalled in 2008 and I just received a letter in the mail about this! In addition, I started taking this about a year ago? Medical insurance is ridiculously expensive so I don’t know why they are prescribing the possibility of death??? I’m even more concerned being that I take other medications with this one.

By: James Vallas

James Vallas — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:13:32 +0000

My husband has been taking digoxin 0.25 for over eight years. In the last few years he has lost all energy, has trouble breathing, and is currently going through a batteries of tests at a Heart Hospital. His heart issues have increased since taking digoxin. Why have so many people died and experienced negative quality of life experiences without anything happening to the drug manufacturer? I still have a partial number of tablets that I have saved since the recall. The last thing the company should request is sending back all the evidence of there disaster. It shows that they want to take no responsibility for their irreprable damage to the people who have taken the product in good faith. Where is real followthrough with this. Their lact of concern for the damages people have suffered shows how they do not want accountability for their actions.

Melba Vallas

By: Kathy Milhoan

Kathy Milhoan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:02:42 +0000

My mother’s pharmacist JUST INFORMED HER of the recall on her Digoxin approximately TWO WEEKS AGO !!!!! I called her cardiologist’s office to inquire about why she was JUST INFORMED of this when the recall was A YEAR AGO !!!! The girl in the office tried to smooth things over by saying that just certain lots were recalled and maybe hers wasn’t in the recalled lots when they were recalled a year ago. Her pharmacist took back all of her remaining Digoxin and now gave her LANOXIN. After reading another of these responses above, this is the same medication that they recalled from them ?????? I am very confused. My mom was having all of the same symptoms as everyone else stated, such as, weakness, fatigue, blood pressure dropping, dizziness, abdominal pain, nausea, vision problems, dementia, etc. These were all unexplained by the doctor and she was admitted to the hospital with these problems at least TWICE !!!!! This is really unbelievable that the drug company would keep shipping this toxic drug to the pharmacies. I blame them, the pharmacist, for not being more aware of this recall and doing something about it SOONER and also the cardiologist for not checking her blood levels for toxicity and for not taking her off the Digoxin and replacing it with a substitute.

By: Patricia in Wisconsin

Patricia in Wisconsin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:09:44 +0000

At this point, I’d take any contact by any attorney in a class action suit. Why did we have to go through this without any kind of consequence to the drug company?

By: Debbie Deese

Debbie Deese — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:00:09 +0000

My mother was hospitalized three times including a nursing home. She has suffered greatly from weight loss. She will never be the same. I wish one of these class action attorneys would call me… I don’t want an email. I want a phone call.

By: Debbie Deese

Debbie Deese — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:43:27 +0000

Thank God for the Digoxin recall. We thought mom was sinking quickly into the unreachable world of Alzheimer’s. Had it not been for the recall, she could have been killed by Digitalis toxicity.

Even better, once she was taken off the drug an emergency visit to her doctor revealed that her Atrial Fibrillation and heart murmur were gone. She has been taking four supplements for the last two months and apparently these supplements cured her heart problems. She has had a heart murmur most of her life. The A-Fib started in the hosptial with the Digitalis. The four supplements that cured my mom are listed in the “Sinatra Solution” – a book about how to cure heart failure.
During the holidays, Mom started Lanoxin (aka Digitalis) in the hospital during an emergency visit for a blood clot in her leg. The doctor put her on Digitalis because her heart was racing. Suddenly, she started having hallucinations, dementia, and all kinds of mental issues. It was so bad, the nurses demanded that the doctor put her on Seroquel, an anti-psychotic. Her health and mental state was out of control. Over the last few months she has been admitted to the hospital and to a rehab center (nursing home) for control of her mental and emotional issues. Never did we dream that the problem was Digoxin.
Fast forward to the present. My mom’s doctor, Dr. John Gonino of Rockwall, Texas, decided to try to cure her congestive heart failure and other heart issues with the Sinatra Solution supplements.
When it came time to pick up her prescriptions we were told that they were out of the Lanoxin. They DIDN’T tell us about the recall until i pressed them for further details. The Lanoxin company had also failed to notify Dr. Gonino about the recall so we found out about this very serious error on our own.
To make a long story short, my mom is now off Lanoxin and her symptoms of hallucinations, dementia, paranoia, and anger are mostly gone.
Thank heaven’s mom is back home now and back to being her old self.
I haven’t heard a word from any of the Class Action attorneys…

By: Earl Young

Earl Young — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:01:48 +0000

In Jan,07 I had my complete aorta replaced and my aortic valve.I had two aneurysms ,one before the arch and one after the arch.Two days after surgery I was walking around the hospital and 24 days after surgery was released to go back to work.I have been rehospitalized for well over forty days since then, most of that time in the emergency room or I.C.U.,always with afib.along with another open heart surgery. .The digoxin medication was changed on a number of these visits.On 4/9/09 I was at my Dr. and she had me put into a wheelchair and taken to the emergency room again with Afib.
I have been told by my Dr./s that I may have a syndrom called poly myalgia Rhuematica,due to the constant pain I have and the overall unhealthy feelings I experiance most of the time.
Now i find out about a recall of a drug I’ve taken since my surgeury that could have been the culprit all along ,this is absurd to think that this recall has been in the works for over a year,and I just found out about this upon reciept of a refill.
My DOGS FOOD was recalled faster then this,and with a hell of alot more publicitywhat the hell is this country coming to.
For better or worse I have no choice but to continue taking DIGOXIN.

By: BETTY S BICE

BETTY S BICE — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:25:36 +0000

TAKING DIGOXIN DAILY AND JUST RECIEVED A NOTICE FROM VA THAT IT WAS BEING RECALLED IMMEDIATELY. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION OF A DIAGNOSIS OF ATRIAL FIB. AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND IMPAIRED SIGHT WITH LARGE BLACK BLOTCHES THAT LASTED A WEEK. AND DR THOUGHT A MRI OF BRAIN WOULD REVEAl SOME ANSWERS ON THAT ONE.NO RESULTS AS YET.PULSE RATE INCREASED MAYBE DUE TO WARFARIN I WAS PUT ON FOR AF. NO STAMINA FOR LAST 2TO3 MONTHS AM A RETIRED RN AND WAS IN ANC HATE TO SPEND MY REMAINING YEARS WITH THESE NEW PROBLEMS. HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FAR MORE ENERGETIC THAN THIS. BETTYS BICE

By: Joline Ferrara

Joline Ferrara — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:34:19 +0000

I cannot believe this!! I came home from out of town to find a voice mail telling me there was a recall on one on my prescriptions and the pharmacy needed to talk with me. Of course the pharmacy is closed and had to call the hospital to find out which of the drugs I’m taking I shouldn’t be taking. Thank God, the hospital knew or I would not have taken any of my prescriptions.

I cannot believe that this recall has been going on this long! What in the world is going on that it is taking this long to get it off the market!

I too, have been taking this drug for quite a few years. I have had “hot flashes” that have turned into “cold flashes”, dizziness, tired all the time and many more of the systems listed by the others. I chalked it all up to either change of life or my sarcoid problems especially with the bad winter we have had a blew it off.

What really bothers me is tomorrow is Easter Sunday and I am unsure if the pharmacy will be open, so I may have to wait until Monday to find out what options or things I should be doing! This scares me to death, if the pills don’t do it for me!

I feel the utmost contempt for those people that have let this continue and let people suffer , while this “medicine” is still on the market!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Kay Ackerman

Kay Ackerman — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:11:31 +0000

My father passed away March 24, 2009. He has been on Digoxin for years. On April 2, 2009 I received a letter and a new bottle of digoxin and told to destroy the old digoxin and replace with the new ones. The letter also stated what symptoms to watch and for approx. the last 2-3 months he had complained about these symptons, but due to his age (90) and the fact he was not on any new meds, we did not think about wrong dosage with medication. My dad placed himself under Hospice care a few months ago because everytime he went to the Dr. they could not help him. Maybe if someone had known about this recall and his dosage was corrected to what it was suppose to be, we would still have him today. It is very sad to think our family and friends are not considered more important than making money. My dad was a WWII vet and proud of it. He was a tough person and a strong fighter. He would have kept fighting if something could be found to help him, but after fighting for several months his body got tired and he could not fight anymore. If his drug had been the correct dose he possibly would have felt much better and had more strength to fight to live. Every veteran is the reason all of us have the life style we have and unfortunately they have to fight every day to get the kind of health care they so deserve. I miss my father very much and hate the thought that something could have been done to keep him around longer with a good quality of life. When I notified the VA about my father passing and he was on the recalled drug. They said they were sorry about his passing and would stop sending his meds and he did not have to pay for any of his scripts so therefore he the best thing we could do is just dispose of it.

By: Richard Ames

Richard Ames — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:30:41 +0000

My mom has been taking digatailus for about 60 years with no problem with it, about 2 weeks ago she had her pills refilled and she started taking them and in a few days she felt ill and her eyes swelled up and she went to the doctors and he treated her for an infection, a week later she gets a call saying they are recalling her digoxin which is a generic name for digitailus. What makes me angry is you asked why they are recalling the drug and nobody seems to know. I have found out that the strength of the drug can be as much as 2 times the proper dose. The pharmist did say that she recomend that you take name brand drugs, because you do not know where the generic drugs are made. I think we all should get our senitors and congressmen involved in the way they never let you know why or sometimes alot after the fact of the recall. I know when they recalled viox I was taking I didn’t find out about the recall until a month after my brother told me aout it. My ex doctor didn’t tell me until a month later. Something needs to me done to protect the people instead of protectting the companys.

By: Connie French

Connie French — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:38:54 +0000

On January 25, 2009 my aunt died in the hospital. I was told when she went in that she passed out at the nursing home. The hospital said that her digitek levels were to high. She was toxic. She had been having large bouts of diarrhea off and on for year. I found out later that they were suppose to blood regulate this medicine. I also noticed that she was always asleep alot when I came to see her in the nursing home. Which before she was always playing bingo or something. I just read all of the side affects and she had a lot of the same symptons. She had also been in and out of the hospital last year in 2008. I am sorry to hear that so many people had to dye from this before they did something about this. She was 86 years old and I loved her very much!