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There’s important news for people who take digoxin, which is a heart medicine also known as digitalis that is most often prescribed for the heart rhythm disturbances called atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. It is less commonly used to treat heart failure.
A nationwide recall of all lots of certain generic brands of digoxin, was announced on April 25, 2008 by the drug’s manufacturer, a company called Actavis Totowa, which was formerly known as Amide Pharmaceuticals. And to make matters more complex, the product is distributed by Mylan Pharmaceuticals as Digitek and by UDL Laboratories as Bertek.
The problem is that some digoxin tablets made by Actavis may contain twice the amount of active ingredient as they are supposed to. This is of particular concern because digitalis toxicity is a well-recognized potentially life-threatening complication of digoxin therapy, even in the absence of overly strong pills. Taking double the […]

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Results of a poll released in March showed that many Americans have trouble paying for their medicines and that they sometimes don’t take them as prescribed because of their cost. The poll, conducted by USA Today newspaper, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, found that 50 percent of Americans take at least one prescription medication daily and that 19 percent are taking four or more prescription drugs. But four out of ten people said that it’s at least somewhat of a problem to pay for the medicines with 16 percent saying it’s a serious problem. Moreover, three in ten didn’t fill at least one prescription during the two years prior to the survey because of cost and 23 percent said that they have cut pills in half or skipped doses in order to make them last longer.
Unfortunately, there’s nothing I can do […]

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