Digoxin

Brand: Digitek, Lanoxin

Generic: digoxin

Indications: treatment of mild to moderate heart failure in adults, increasing myocardial contractility in pediatric patients with heart failure, control of resting ventricular rate in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation in adults

Dosage forms:  125 and 250 mcg tablets 

Contraindications: ventricular fibrillation, known hypersensitivity to this drug

Warnings and Precautions: risk of rapid ventricular response leading to ventricular fibrillation in patients with AV accessory pathway, risk of advanced or complete heart block in patients with sinus node disease and AV block, digoxin toxicity*, risk of ventricular arrhythmias during electrical cardiovascular cardioversion, not recommended 

*What is digoxin toxicity? Signs of digoxin toxicity is nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances and cardiac arrhythmias, 

Risk factors for digoxin toxicity: advanced age, low body weight, impaired renal function and electrolyte abnormalities

Sources

Package insert (Digitek)