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==Patient Counseling Information== | ==Patient Counseling Information== | ||
:*Advise patients that digoxin is a cardiac glycoside used to treat heart failure and heart arrhythmias. | :*Advise patients that digoxin is a cardiac glycoside used to treat heart failure and heart [[arrhythmias]]. | ||
:*Instruct patients to take this medication as directed by their physician.:*Advise patients that many drugs can interact with LANOXIN. Instruct patients to inform their doctor and pharmacist if they are taking any over the counter medications, including herbal medication, or are started on a new prescription.:*Advise patient that blood tests will be necessary to ensure that their LANOXIN dose is appropriate for them. | :*Instruct patients to take this medication as directed by their physician.:*Advise patients that many drugs can interact with LANOXIN. Instruct patients to inform their doctor and pharmacist if they are taking any over the counter medications, including herbal medication, or are started on a new prescription. | ||
:*Advise patients to contact their doctor or a health care professional if they experience nausea, vomiting, persistent diarrhea, confusion, weakness, or visual disturbances (including blurred vision, green-yellow color disturbances, halo effect) as these could be signs that the dose of LANOXIN may be too high. | :*Advise patient that blood tests will be necessary to ensure that their LANOXIN dose is appropriate for them. | ||
:*Advise parents or caregivers that the symptoms of having too high LANOXIN doses may be difficult to recognize in infants and pediatric patients. Symptoms such as weight loss, failure to thrive in infants, abdominal pain, and behavioral disturbances may be indications of digoxin toxicity. | :*Advise patients to contact their doctor or a health care professional if they experience nausea, [[vomiting]], persistent [[diarrhea]], [[confusion]], weakness, or visual disturbances (including '''blurred vision''', '''green-yellow color disturbances''', '''halo effect''') as these could be signs that the dose of LANOXIN may be too high. | ||
:*Advise parents or caregivers that the symptoms of having too high LANOXIN doses may be difficult to recognize in infants and pediatric patients. Symptoms such as weight loss, failure to thrive in infants, abdominal pain, and behavioral disturbances may be indications of [[digoxin toxicity]]. | |||
:*Suggest to the patient to monitor and record their heart rate and blood pressure daily.:*Instruct women of childbearing potential who become or are planning to become pregnant to consult a physician prior to initiation or continuing therapy with LANOXIN.<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = LANOXIN (DIGOXIN) TABLET [COVIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.] |url =http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=d7d0dba4-eb56-4631-90eb-1869cfaab436 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | :*Suggest to the patient to monitor and record their heart rate and blood pressure daily.:*Instruct women of childbearing potential who become or are planning to become pregnant to consult a physician prior to initiation or continuing therapy with LANOXIN.<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = LANOXIN (DIGOXIN) TABLET [COVIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.] |url =http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=d7d0dba4-eb56-4631-90eb-1869cfaab436 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:03, 30 January 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Zaghw, M.D. [2]
Patient Counseling Information
- Advise patients that digoxin is a cardiac glycoside used to treat heart failure and heart arrhythmias.
- Instruct patients to take this medication as directed by their physician.:*Advise patients that many drugs can interact with LANOXIN. Instruct patients to inform their doctor and pharmacist if they are taking any over the counter medications, including herbal medication, or are started on a new prescription.
- Advise patient that blood tests will be necessary to ensure that their LANOXIN dose is appropriate for them.
- Advise patients to contact their doctor or a health care professional if they experience nausea, vomiting, persistent diarrhea, confusion, weakness, or visual disturbances (including blurred vision, green-yellow color disturbances, halo effect) as these could be signs that the dose of LANOXIN may be too high.
- Advise parents or caregivers that the symptoms of having too high LANOXIN doses may be difficult to recognize in infants and pediatric patients. Symptoms such as weight loss, failure to thrive in infants, abdominal pain, and behavioral disturbances may be indications of digoxin toxicity.
- Suggest to the patient to monitor and record their heart rate and blood pressure daily.:*Instruct women of childbearing potential who become or are planning to become pregnant to consult a physician prior to initiation or continuing therapy with LANOXIN.[1]
References
Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.