Digoxin (better known as Digitalis), sold under the brand name Lanoxin among others, is a medication used to treat various heart conditions. Most frequently...
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Digoxin toxicity, also known as digoxin poisoning, is a type of poisoning that occurs in people who take too much of the medication digoxin or eat plants...
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Digoxin is a widely used medication that is effective for many cardiac conditions in adults and children. Some side effects are expected, some are common...
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Digoxin immune fab or digoxin-specific antibody is an antidote for overdose of digoxin. It is made from immunoglobulin fragments from sheep that have already...
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preparations that contain cardiac glycosides, particularly one called digoxin, extracted from various plants of this genus. Foxglove has medicinal uses...
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and is similar in structure and effects to digoxin, though the effects are longer-lasting. Unlike digoxin, which is eliminated from the body via the kidneys...
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accepted by the court.: §7 The very high digoxin levels in autopsy blood from one child were key to the argument. Digoxin had previously been administered to...
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digitalis-type medication that had possibly been used for the alleged killings (digoxin) had begun to be kept under lock and key. Three nurses were at the centre...
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glycosides can increase digoxin toxicity in patients taking digoxin by reducing serum potassium levels, thereby enhancing the effects of digoxin. The breakdown...
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yellowing of the optical media of the eye. The most common causes are digoxin's inhibitory action on the sodium pump, and the development of cataracts...
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Digitalis lanata and Digitalis purpurea (Woolly and purple foxglove): digoxin, digitoxin Nerium oleander (oleander tree): oleandrin Asclepias sp. (milkweed):...
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from the flowers of cannabis, morphine and codeine from the poppy, and digoxin from the foxglove. Plants synthesize a variety of phytochemicals, but most...
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he murdered three elderly women with overdoses of the heart medication digoxin. His final victim said that a "sneaky male nurse" had injected her as she...
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conversion of analog information into a digital format Medical use of Digoxin Medical use of other Digitalis-based drugs Digital (disambiguation) Quantization...
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similar to digoxin from Digitalis purpurea. They produce gastric and cardiotoxic effects. Antidotes for treatment include atropine and digoxin immune fabs...
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wood, paper, fibers such as cotton, flax, and hemp, medicines such as digoxin and opioids, and decorative and landscaping plants. Coffee and hot chocolate...
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conventional drugs in herb-drug interactions are warfarin, insulin, aspirin, digoxin, and ticlopidine, due to their narrow therapeutic indices. The most commonly...
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many cultivars available. It is the original source of the heart medicine digoxin (also called digitalis or digitalin). This biennial plant grows as a rosette...
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associated with the toxicity of oleander sap, and has similar properties to digoxin. Oleander has been used in traditional medicine for its presumed therapeutic...
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anti-platelet antibodies caused by drugs such as heparin, sulfonamines, digoxin, quinine, and quinidine.: 821 Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura Skin...
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"Interference of hawthorn on serum digoxin measurements by immunoassays and pharmacodynamic interaction with digoxin". Arch Pathol Lab Med. 134 (8): 1188–92...
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autopsy showed that he had been administered digoxin. It was not on his prescription list. In small doses, digoxin can improve heart function, but the amount...
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hundreds of useful compounds. These include the common drugs aspirin, digoxin, quinine, and opium. The compounds found in plants are diverse, with most...
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Smith, T. W (1979). "Effects of inotropic and arrhythmogenic digoxin doses and of digoxin-specific antibody on myocardial monovalent cation transport in...
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circumstances (as would be the case with some drug toxicities, such as digoxin toxicity). Forms of atrial tachycardia (ATach) include multifocal atrial...
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immediate fetal asystole, intrafetal digoxin may fail to effect demise in up to 5% of cases whereas intraamniotic digoxin may fail to cause demise in up to...
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sinus node damage. In cases of digoxin toxicity, a physician may decrease the dose, change medications, or cease digoxin therapy. Kashou, Anthony H.; Basit...
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heart cells is an important target of cardiac glycosides (for example digoxin and ouabain), inotropic drugs used to improve heart performance by increasing...
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syndrome Deferoxamine mesylate Iron poisoning Digoxin Immune Fab antibody (Digibind and Digifab) Digoxin poisoning, Oleander ingestion Diphenhydramine...
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cause abnormally slow heart rates with mechanisms similar to those of digoxin. Tetrandrine can lead to low blood pressure through inhibition of L-type...
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