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My mother was hospitalized 4/28/08 and diagnosed in the ER with digoxin toxicity, and she is still in a convalescent hospital as a result.

Submitted 2008-05-22

Defendant: Digitek Recalled (double doses)

My mother (age 76) has not been feeling well for a long time and seemed to be continually going downhill. At the time, we attributed it to her age. On 4/28/08, we found her on the floor of the bathroom. She was admitted to the hospital on that day after being diagnosed with excessive digoxin in her system. She was also diagnosed with pneumonia, which her doctor said was caused by aspiration of vomit. He said this was a result of the digoxin toxicity. She had severe diarrhea and had to lay in her own excrement in a diaper. She was in and out of lucidity until 5/01/08. She was nauseous and could not eat. During one of her lucid moments, she told my brother that she wanted to "throw in the towel" because she felt so awful. She was in the hospital until 5/08/08 when she was transferred to a convalescent facility. We received a call from her mail order medication provider, Rite Source, on 5/01/08 informing us of the recall of the medication. When we told them she was in the hospital and described her symptoms, we were told that we should immediately contact the FDA and her doctors.

She has improved a great deal since she quit taking Digitek, but she has a long way to go to get back to normal, if she ever can get there. She is receiving physical therapy.

-- California


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