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Digitek Recalled Due to Risk of Digitalis Toxicity Resulting In Serious Injury and Death

Digitek Recalled Due to Risk of Digitalis Toxicity, Resulting In Serious Injury and Death

[Introduction: If you or a loved one has experienced digitalis toxicity after taking Digitek, you may have a lawsuit that should be pursued. Although our Digitek lawyers are located in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., our drug litigation is national in scope, and our Digitek lawyers are prepared to file lawsuits and litigate Digitek cases around the country. Therefore, regardless of what state you're from, please fill out our inquiry form on this web site or email us so that Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP can have a Digitek lawyer contact you to discuss your claim and the potential of a lawsuit.] 

On April 28, 2008, the pharmaceutical company Actavis Totowa issued a Class I nationwide recall of all lots of Digitek (digoxin) tablets distributed by Mylan Pharmaceuticals and sold under the label "Bertek" or by UDL Laboratories, Inc. under a “UDL” label, because they may contain a dangerous double dose of their active ingredient, digoxin. Digitek (digoxin) is used for the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF) and abnormal heart rhythms. Such Class I recalls are issued when dangerous or defective products that could cause death or serious health problems are released to the market. 

Actavis Totowa's release on the FDA website states that "[t]ablets with double the appropriate thickness may have been commercially released. These tablets may contain twice the approved level of active ingredient than is appropriate." Actavis Totowa says it has received "several reports of illness and injuries." 

The double-strength tablets released by Actavis Totowa are associated with an increased risk of illness and death, which are especially present in individuals with pre-existing kidney problems.

Overdosing on Digitek (digoxin), including though the use of the recalled double-strength tablets, can cause a condition known as digitalis toxicity, which exhibits symptoms including:

• Visual changes, changes in color perception - yellow-green distortion is most common, but red, brown, blue, and white also occur; halos, bright spots, blind spots, blurred vision 
• Palpitations 
• Irregular pulse, bradycardia (slow heart rate below 60 bpm) 
• Dizziness, loss of consciousness 
• Low blood pressure 
• Loss of appetite 
• Nausea/ vomiting 
• Decreased urine output 
• Excessive nighttime urination 
• Cold sweats 
• Difficulty breathing when lying down 
• Death 

If you or a loved one has experienced any of the above mentioned symptoms after taking Digitek, you should speak to an experienced pharmaceutical and medical product liability attorney to see if you have a case and to discuss the possibility of bringing a lawsuit to recover for your damages and injuries. The attorney will be able to ascertain if you have a claim for which a lawsuit can be pursued and whether the case and lawsuit can be brought to a successful settlement, verdict, award or other recovery. The experienced lawyer will also be able to advise you on any deadlines for bringing your legal claim for damages. Please contact the law firm of Ashcraft and Gerel, LLP to discuss your lawsuit with an experienced drug and medical product liability lawyer in our Drug and Medical Product Liability Litigation Department.

The lawyers at Ashcraft and Gerel, LLP have been leaders in pursuing medical product liability lawsuits involving unsafe drugs, implants, and infusions for over 50 years. Our attorneys have successfully brought about verdicts, settlements, awards or other recoveries in lawsuits on behalf of clients who have been injured by Zyprexa, Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Propulsid, Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), Baycol, breast implants and AIDS tainted blood. Although some of these claims and lawsuits resulted in class action settlements, class actions are not the only way these cases are handled. The courts have devised methods to deal with mass torts so that each lawsuit can benefit from information and evidence gathered in other lawsuits nationwide and yet be handled on an individual basis. 

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