Digitek Lawsuits
On April 25, 2008, a nationwide Digitek Tablet Recall was issued for the heart medication. Manufacturing problems caused some tablets to contain twice as much of the active ingredient as normal. This could result in digitalis toxicity in patients with impaired kidney function, which is a serious and potentially fatal illness.
Individual lawsuits and Digitek class actions are currently pending. All of the federal Digitek litigation has been consolidated in an MDL in the Southern District of West Virginia.