Manufacturer of Digox tablet 0.25 mg
Digox tablet is manufactured by Cadila
PVT LTD.
Content of Digox tablet 0.25 mg
Digox tablet contains Digoxin .Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside.And also known as cardiotonic,increases the strength of cardiac muscle contractions and increases cardiac output.In mild heart failure ,digoxin inhibits the sympathetic nervous system and produces arterial vasodilation.It produces symptomatic improvement,increases exercise tolerance and reduces hospitalization,but it does not reduce mortality.
Uses of Digox tablet
0.25 mg
- Supraventricular arrhythmias
- Atrial fibrillation
- Emergency heart failure
Contraindications of
Digox tablet 0.25 mg
- Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
- Ventricular tachycardia
- Hypokalaemia
- Digitalis toxicity
- Arrhythmias
- Second degree atrioventricular block
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (A syndrome in which an extra electrical pathway in the heart causes a rapid heartbeat)
Precautions of Digox tablet 0.25 mg
- Recent myocardial infraction
- Sick sinus syndrome
- Severe pulmonary disease
- Thyroid disease
- Congestive cardiac myopathy
- Hypercalcaemia
- Aortic valve disease
- Heart block
- Cardiac dysrrythmias
- Elderly (reduce dose)
- Renal impairment
- Pregnancy
- Lactation
Adverse effects of Digox tablet 0.25 mg
Usually associated with excessive dosage and include
- Anorexia
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhoea
- Abdominal pain
- Visual disturbances
- Head ache
- Fatigue
- Drowsiness
- Confusion
- Delirium
- Hallucinations
- Depression
- Arrhythmias
- Heart block
- Skin rashes
- Intestinal ischemia
- Gynaecomastia on long term use
- Thrombocytopenia reported
- Sinus bradycardia
- Apathy
- Psychosis
If any of the event occurred
please contact your concerned doctor .
Pregnancy category –D
There is positive
evidence of human fetal risk based on adverse reaction data from
investigational or marketing experience or studies in humans, but potential
benefits may warrant use of the drug in pregnant women despite potential
risks.
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