What should I watch for while taking digitoxin?
Visit your prescriber or health care professional for regular checks on your progress. Do not stop taking your digitoxin, or change the brand you are using, without your prescriber’s advice. Other brands may affect you differently. Check your heart rate (pulse) and blood pressure regularly while you are taking digitoxin. Ask your prescriber or health care professional what your heart rate and blood pressure should be, and when you should contact him or her. Your prescriber or health care professional also may schedule regular blood tests and electrocardiograms to check your progress. If you are going to have surgery, tell your prescriber or health care professional that you are taking digitoxin. Do not take antacids, or treat yourself with non-prescription medicines for pain, allergies, coughs or colds, without advice from your prescriber or health care professional. You will be able to take some of these medicines if you space doses several hours apart.
