• Do not stop taking digoxin suddenly. Stopping suddenly could make your condition worse. Even if you feel better, you need to keep taking digoxin to help the heart work properly. Make sure you always have enough digoxin on hand for vacations and holidays.
• Ask your doctor to teach you how to monitor your heart rate and at what heart rate you should notify them before taking any more medication.

• Digoxin helps the heart to beat more strongly and regularly.
• Digoxin is used to treat conditions such as congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation/ atrial flutter (types of fast heartbeats)
• Digoxin may also be used for purposes other than those listed in this medication guide.

Before taking this medication, tell your doctor if you:

• have kidney disease
• have thyroid disease
• are taking any other heart medication

• Take digoxin exactly as directed by your doctor. If you do not understand these directions, ask your pharmacist, nurse, or doctor to explain them to you.
• Take each dose with a full glass of water.
• Try to take digoxin at the same time every day.
• Ask your doctor to teach you how to monitor your heart rate and at what heart rate you should notify them before taking any more medication.
• Do not stop taking digoxin suddenly. Stopping suddenly could make your condition worse. Even if you feel better, you may need to keep taking this medication
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If you experience any of the following serious side effects, stop taking digoxin and seek medical attention or contact your doctor immediately:

• an allergic reaction (difficulty breathing; closing of the throat; swelling of the lips, tongue, or face; or hives)
• a severe headache, fainting, or extreme drowsiness or dizziness;
• irregular heartbeats
• slow heartbeats (fewer than 60 beats per minute)
• abnormally fast heartbeats
• vision changes (e.g., yellow-green or blurred vision);
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Before taking digoxin, tell your doctor if you are taking any of the following medicines:

• another medication for irregular heartbeats, such as quinidine (Quinidex, Quinora, Cardioquin, others), amiodarone (Cordarone), or propafenone (Rythmol),
• an antacid or laxative that contains aluminum, magnesium, or kaolin-pectin such as Maalox, Rolaids, Mylanta, Milk of Magnesia, and others,
• a beta-blocker such as atenolol (Tenormin), propranolol (Inderal), acebutolol (Sectral), metoprolol (Lopressor), carteolol (Cartrol), labetalol (Normodyne, Trandate),
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