✅ Generic Name:
Digoxin 0.25 mg Tablet
✅ Prescription Status:
Prescription-only (Rx) – Use only under the supervision of a healthcare provider.
📄 Description:
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside used to improve heart function. The 0.25 mg tablet helps in the treatment of certain heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias) and heart failure by increasing the force of heart contractions and controlling the heart rate.
Each tablet contains 0.25 mg of digoxin, typically equivalent to 250 mcg.
🌿 Nature / Drug Class:
- Therapeutic Class: Cardiovascular agent
- Pharmacologic Class: Cardiac glycoside
- Source: Derived from the foxglove plant (Digitalis lanata)
- Mechanism of Action:
- Inhibits Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase pump
- Increases intracellular calcium
- Enhances cardiac muscle contraction (positive inotropy)
- Slows AV node conduction (useful in atrial fibrillation)
🎯 Purpose / Indications:
- Heart failure (especially with reduced ejection fraction)
- Atrial fibrillation (AF) – for rate control
- Sometimes used in supraventricular arrhythmias
✅ Advantages:
- Improves symptoms and exercise tolerance in heart failure
- Reduces hospitalizations due to heart failure
- Provides rate control in atrial fibrillation
- Increases cardiac output in selected patients
- Once-daily dosing in most cases
📦 Common Packaging:
- Tablets are usually scored, round or oval, color varies (yellow, white, or peach) by brand
- Packaged in strips of 10 tablets
- Supplied in boxes of 30, 60, or 100 tablets depending on the manufacturer
❄️ Storage Conditions:
- Store at 15°C to 30°C (59°F to 86°F)
- Protect from moisture, heat, and light
- Keep in original packaging
- Keep out of reach of children
👨⚕️ Patient Advice / Precautions:
- Take at the same time each day, with or without food
- Do not double dose if you miss one
- Do not stop suddenly without consulting your doctor
- Tell your doctor about kidney disease, electrolyte imbalances, or thyroid disorders