About Digitek tablet 250mcg
Prescription heart medicine used to treat heart failure and abnormal heart rhythm.
Digitek Tablet Uses
- Treats congestive heart failure by helping the heart pump blood more effectively.
- Controls irregular heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter.
- Slows a fast heart rate in certain types of supraventricular tachycardia.
Digitek Tablet Benefits
- Improves the heart's pumping strength in patients with weakened heart muscle.
- Reduces breathlessness, fatigue, and swelling linked to heart failure.
- Helps keep heart rate steady when the rhythm is irregular.
Cardiologists across Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi prescribe Digitek for long standing heart failure and atrial fibrillation. It works when other heart medicines alone cannot control symptoms or keep the heart rate steady. Many patients stay on it for years under regular monitoring.
Digoxin has a narrow safety margin, meaning the effective dose sits close to the toxic dose. Doctors check blood digoxin levels, potassium, and kidney function before starting treatment and during follow up visits. This monitoring keeps the dose safe and effective.
People on Digitek need routine blood tests, especially those who also take diuretics or have reduced kidney function. Missed tests can let digoxin levels rise unnoticed and lead to serious heart rhythm problems. A doctor should hear about nausea, vision changes, or a slow pulse right away.
Drug Class
- Cardiac glycoside (digitalis glycoside)
Digitek Tablet Uses in Urdu
- دل کی ناکامی کے علاج میں مدد دیتا ہے
- دل کی بے ترتیب دھڑکن یعنی ایٹریل فبریلیشن کو قابو میں رکھتا ہے
- دل کی دھڑکن کو مستحکم اور مضبوط بنانے میں مددگار ہے
- ڈاکٹر کی نگرانی میں باقاعدہ خون کے ٹیسٹ ضروری ہیں
Digitek tablet 250mcg formula
How to use Digitek tablet 250mcg?
- Take Digitek exactly as prescribed, usually once daily at the same time.
- Swallow the tablet with water, with or without food.
- Do not double the dose if a dose is missed; skip it and continue the next scheduled dose.
- Keep all lab appointments for digoxin level, potassium, and kidney function checks.
- Tell the doctor about any new medicine, including OTC drugs, before starting it.
Drug Interactions
- Diuretics: Can lower potassium levels and raise the risk of digoxin toxicity.
- Amiodarone: Increases digoxin blood levels significantly, often requiring a dose reduction.
- Verapamil And Other Calcium Channel Blockers: Can raise digoxin levels and slow the heart rate further.
- Quinidine: Raises digoxin blood levels and increases toxicity risk.
- ACE Inhibitors And ARBs: Combined use can affect kidney function and potassium, indirectly changing digoxin clearance.
Risks and warnings
- Narrow Therapeutic Index: Digoxin has a very small margin between an effective dose and a toxic one, so doses must be individualized and monitored closely.
- Kidney Function: The kidneys clear digoxin from the body, so reduced kidney function raises the risk of toxicity and needs dose adjustment.
- Potassium And Electrolyte Levels: Low potassium or magnesium increases the risk of dangerous heart rhythms while on Digitek, so levels are checked regularly.
- Digoxin Toxicity Signs: Nausea, vomiting, confusion, visual disturbances like yellow green halos, and a very slow or irregular pulse can signal toxicity and need urgent medical review.
- Elderly Patients: Older adults are more sensitive to digoxin and often need lower doses with closer monitoring.
Side Effects
- Nausea and loss of appetite
- Vomiting or stomach upset
- Headache and dizziness
- Visual changes, including blurred or yellow tinted vision
- Slow or irregular heartbeat
- Confusion, especially in older adults
- Fatigue or general weakness
Storage Conditions
Store Digitek at room temperature, away from direct sunlight and moisture. Keep the tablets in their original pack until use. Keep out of reach of children, since even a small overdose of digoxin can be dangerous.
