Your child can have drinks of formula, water, or juice if needed to wash the Digoxin down. Do not mix the medicine with food or drinks. If your child vomits or spits the medicine out after you have given it, do not repeat the dose. This medicine is absorbed very quickly out of the stomach. Therefore, even if your child vomits right after the dose, some of the medicine will already be absorbed into the blood stream.
Precautions Be especially careful with Digoxin.
It is best to keep the medicine in a locked cabinet. Your child's doctor has calculated the dosage of Digoxin for your child based on age and weight. Usually, the doctor can tell by examining your child that the dosage is correct. If your child is not getting enough Digoxin, the symptoms he or she had before will reappear. If he is getting too much Digoxin, he may become listless, lose his appetite, feel nauseated, or start vomiting.