Digoxen may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Digoxen is safe to use during breastfeeding. Human studies suggest that the drug does not pass into the breastmilk in a significant amount and is not harmful to the baby.
UNSAFE
Digoxen may decrease alertness, affect your vision or make you feel sleepy and dizzy. Do not drive if these symptoms occur.
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CAUTION
Digoxen should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Digoxen may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Regular monitoring of kidney function tests, potassium, magnesium and calcium levels is advisable while you are taking this medicine.
SAFE IF PRESCRIBED
Digoxen is probably safe to use in patients with liver disease. Limited data available suggests that dose adjustment of Digoxen may not be needed in these patients. Please consult your doctor.
Medicine Overview of Digoxen 100mcg Capsule
Introduction
Digoxen is a medicine used for the treatment of heart failure in combination with other medicines. It helps to provide symptomatic relief by making the heart pump blood more efficiently. This medicine is also used to treat abnormal heart rhythm (arrh...
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Uses of Digoxen
Heart failure
Arrhythmia
Side effects of Digoxen
Common
Visual impairment
Skin rash
Nausea
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Dizziness
Arrhythmia (irregular heartbeats)
How to use Digoxen
Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Digoxen may be taken with or without food, but it is better to take it at a fixed time.
How Digoxen works
Digoxen is a cardiac glycoside. It works by correcting irregular heartbeat to a normal rhythm and increases the force with which the heart muscle contracts with every heartbeat. This makes the heart pump more efficiently and increases blood circulati...
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What if you forget to take Digoxen?
If you miss a dose of Digoxen, skip it and continue with your normal schedule. Do not double the dose.
Quick Tips
Take Digoxen at the same time every day.
Notify your doctor about other medicines you're taking to avoid drug interactions.
Symptoms of overdose include slow heartbeat, dizziness, lightheadedness and breathing problems.
Do not discontinue use without consulting your doctor even if you feel better. Stopping abruptly could worsen your condition.
Brief Description
Indication
Heart failure, Supraventricular arrhythmias, Atrial fibrillation and Atrial flutter
Administration
May be taken with or without food.
Adult Dose
Atrial Fibrillation
Rapid digitalizing (loading-dose) regimen
PO: 10-15 mcg/kg total loading dose; administer 50% initially; then may cautiously giv...
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Child Dose
Heart Failure/Atrial Fibrillation
Use doses at the lower end of the spectrm when treating heart failure
Reduce dose by 20-25% when changing from ora...
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Renal Dose
Use lower end of dosing (0.125 mg/day) in patients with impaired renal function
Contraindication
Digitalis toxicity, ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation, obstructive cardiomyopathy. Arrhythmias due to accessory pathways (e.g. Wolff-Parkinson-Whit...
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Mode of Action
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside which has positive inotropic activity characterized by an increase in the force of myocardial contraction. It also redu...
Pregnancy
Experience with digoxin in pregnant women over several decades, based on published retrospective clinical studies and case reports, has not...
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Interaction
Effectiveness reduced by phenytoin, neomycin, sulphasalazine, kaolin, pectin, antacids and in patients receiving radiotherapy. Metoclopramide may alte...
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