Digicap Pregnancy

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Pregnancy of Digicap in details

Pregnancy is always a special situation where every action or side effect of the drug varies when compared to a situation of a non-pregnant patient. It is not only because the pregnant woman's metabolism differs due to the hormonal and other changes happened to her, but also because every medicine or its metabolite passes to the baby and shows its action there. The only thing is, be cautious, attentive and well supervised when you take any single drug in pregnancy. The interactions can vary in pregnancy, and the dosage may differ as well. Strict supervision of the Physician is mandatory.
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Digicap crosses the placenta.

Available guidelines note experience with Digicap in pregnancy is extensive (ESG [Regitz-Zagrosek 2018]). Based on available data, an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes has not been observed. However, untreated maternal heart failure and atrial fibrillation may increase the risk of preterm birth and low birth weight, respectively. The manufacturer recommends monitoring neonates for signs and symptoms of Digicap toxicity following in utero exposure.

Due to pregnancy-induced physiologic changes, some pharmacokinetic properties of Digicap may be altered. Close monitoring of maternal serum Digicap is recommended (Hebert 2008; Luxford 1983; Martin-Suarez 2017); dose adjustments may be required during pregnancy and postpartum.

Heart failure and atrial fibrillation may worsen during pregnancy. Digicap is recommended as a first-line agent for the chronic treatment of highly symptomatic supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in pregnancy; the lowest effective dose is recommended (ACC/AHA/HRS [Page 2015]). Digicap may be considered for long-term rate control of maternal atrial tachycardia or atrial fibrillation when preferred agents fail (ESG [Regitz-Zagrosek 2018]). Monitor for an increased risk of maternal arrhythmias during labor and delivery.

Digicap may be considered for the in utero management of fetal SVT or atrial flutter with hydrops or ventricular dysfunction. Digicap may also be considered for SVT without hydrops or ventricular dysfunction if heart rate is ≥200 bpm, atrial flutter, or other rare tachycardias with an average heart rate of ≥200 bpm (AHA [Donofrio 2014]).

Digicap breastfeeding

When a drug is taken when the patient is breast feeding, a part of the drug is secreted in her breast milk and is passed to the baby. The dosage of the medicine to mother and baby are different, and many drugs actions are side effects when you take them without a disease, and what if you the baby takes them without a disease? What if the drug is contraindicated in newborns, infants or children? So, breastfeeding is a very alarming situation when the mother is on medications. Ask your Physician or Pediatrician about the effect of the drug on the baby and how much is excreted in breast milk and if it harms the baby!
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Caution is recommended. Excreted into human milk: Yes (in small amounts) Comments: This drug has been used without apparent harmful effects in the nursing infant.

This drug is excreted into breast milk in small amounts, and therefore, any amount ingested through breastfeeding would not be expected to cause adverse effects in the nursing infant. If the mother is scheduled to receive this drug intravenously, some experts recommend avoidance of breastfeeding for 2 hours after the dose to lessen the amount received by the infant.

See references

References for pregnancy information

  1. Cerner Multum, Inc. "Australian Product Information." O 0
  2. Cerner Multum, Inc. "UK Summary of Product Characteristics." O 0
  3. "Product Information. Lanoxin (Digicap)." Glaxo Wellcome, Research Triangle Park, NC.

References for breastfeeding information

  1. Cerner Multum, Inc. "UK Summary of Product Characteristics." O 0
  2. Cerner Multum, Inc. "Australian Product Information." O 0
  3. "Product Information. Lanoxin (Digicap)." Glaxo Wellcome, Research Triangle Park, NC.
  4. United States National Library of Medicine "Toxnet. Toxicology Data Network. Available from: URL: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT." ([cited 2013 -]):


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References

  1. DailyMed. "DIGOXIN: DailyMed provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States. DailyMed is the official provider of FDA label information (package inserts).". https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailyme... (accessed September 17, 2018).
  2. PubMed Health. "Digoxin (By mouth) (Digitaline Nativelle): This section provide the link out information of drugs collectetd in PubMed Health. ". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhe... (accessed September 17, 2018).
  3. Human Metabolome Database (HMDB). "Digoxin: The Human Metabolome Database (HMDB) is a freely available electronic database containing detailed information about small molecule metabolites found in the human body.". http://www.hmdb.ca/metabolites/HMDB0... (accessed September 17, 2018).

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