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The Digitek recall caused a lot of anxiety among pharmaceutical consumers, as the worst possible side effects included death. Many rumors swirled around the Digitek recall, making the story seem even more sensational than it is. Following is a discussion of the true facts that led to the Digitek recall and information as to who qualifies for a class action lawsuit.

The Digitek recall happened in April, 2008, when the Digitek manufacturers realized that some of their pills contained nearly twice the intended level of their active ingredient, digoxin. Digitek was manufactured in New Jersey by UDL Laboratories, Inc. under the trade name “UDL” and by Mylan Pharmeceuticals under the trade name “Bertek.” A New Jersey company called Activis Totowa was responsible for both manufacturers which made the defective pills that caused the Digitek recall.

Digitalis toxicity, or digoxin poisoning, has a number of very serious side effects, including brachycardia, low blood pressure and death, which prompted the manufacturers to institute the Digitek recall.

The manufacturer that released the dangerous pills which led to the Digitek recall had received a warning from the FDA as far back as three years earlier that they needed to institute better quality control methods, according to an article on the online pharmaceutical journal In-Pharmatechnologist.com (Taylor, 2008)

If you took Digitek during 2005-2008 and experienced any of the following symptoms, you may qualify as a member of the class action lawsuit against the manufacturer who caused the Digitek recall: abnormally low urine output, cold sweats, difficulty breathing in a prone position, dizziness, excessive urge to urinate, fainting, heart palpitations, lack of appetite, lowered blood pressure, nausea and/or vomiting, unexplained death, uneven pulse, very slow heart rate, or vision changes.

To find out if you qualify for the class action which relates to the Digitek recall, search the words Digitek recall plus attorney, or Digitek recall plus class action. Alternately, you can look in a legal directory for lawyers who specialize in class actions in your state and contact them.

The class action lawsuit for the Digitek recall will seek to identify all people who received the faulty Digitek pills and suffered ill health as a result. Rather than suing individually, a class action is a more efficient method of identifying all victims of the Digitek recall and allowing one member to serve as a class representative. Each member of the class will get some monetary benefit as a result of the Digitek recall lawsuit if the plaintiffs’ attorneys win the case.

The intent of the Digitek recall lawsuit is to get monetary compensation for the victims, as well as provide incentive to pharmaceutical manufacturers to institute better quality control in order to avoid any further situations like the Digitek recall.

If you want to be a class member of the Digitek recall lawsuit, you’ll need to present an attorney with proof that you used the medicine in the time frame noted above. If you were using the medicine during this time, a pharmacist should have contacted you and notified you of the Digitek recall, and he or she should have records of this use.

To contact an attorney regarding a possible Digitek Recall Lawsuit, please see Digitek Recall.