Actavis Totowa (formerly known as Amide Pharmaceutical, Inc.) recalls all lots of Bertek and UDL Laboratories Digitek (d

[industry_news]

Actavis Totowa LLC, a United States manufacturing division of the international generic pharmaceutical company Actavis Group, is initiating a Class I nationwide recall of Digitek (digoxin tablets, USP, all strengths) for oral use. The products are distributed by Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., under a "Bertek" label and by UDL Laboratories, Inc. under a "UDL" label. The voluntary all lot recall is due to the possibility that tablets with double the appropriate thickness may have been commercially released. These tablets may contain twice the approved level of active ingredient than it appropriate.

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Some network pharmacies are instructing our members to get a new prescription for digoxin since they’ve been getting Digitek, which has been recalled. Are there other formulations of digoxin available that are interchangeable with Digitek (AB rated generics)?

[chantell.reagan]

The manufacturer of Digitek is Actavis Totawa. The details of the recall are presented in this press release: Actavis Totowa (formerly known as Amide Pharmaceutical, Inc.) recalls all lots of Bertek and UDL Laboratories Digitek (digoxin tablets, USP) as precaution

Digitek is an AB rated generic of Lanoxin. At the following link, Drugs@FDA, the version made by Actavis Totawa is recognized as an AB rated version along with all the other generics for Lanoxin.

It is unlikely that the members need a new prescription; retail pharmacies can dispense a different generic digoxin product.