Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Digitek as follows:
- Digitek interacts with a lot of other medications, such as, diuretics, OTC mineral supplements, and antibacterial/antifungal antibiotics, thus resulting in complications. If you are being newly started on Digitek, discuss with your physician regarding all your current medications and their safety with Digitek. Also, notify your physician regarding any current Digitek intake, if you are being started on any new medications and discuss their safety with Digitek.
- Observe compliance with log maintenance of every day blood pressure and heart rate readings. If the blood pressure and heart rate are being grossly altered from safe limits defined for you, notify your doctor on the same. This can help allow appropriate adjustments with Digitek dose and necessary changes in plan of care.
- Take the medication dose at the same time, every day, to avoid forgetting the intake of medication.
- Taking the medication at regularly spaced intervals helps with maintaining appropriate blood levels of Digitek needed to derive the beneficial effects for optimal cardiac function.
