dig·ox·in

(dĭj-ŏk′sĭn)

A cardiac glycoside, C₄₁H₆₄O₁₄, obtained from the leaves of a foxglove, Digitalis lanata, with pharmacological effects similar to digitalis.

[dig(italis) + (t)oxin.]

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digoxin

(daɪˈdʒɒksɪn)

(Pharmacology) a glycoside extracted from the leaves of the woolly foxglove (Digitalis lanata) and used in the treatment of heart failure. Formula: C41H64O14

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dig•ox•in

(dɪdʒˈɒk sɪn)

n.

a glycoside of purified digitalis, relatively mild in action and widely used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.

[1930; dig (italis) + (t) oxin]

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Noun

digoxin - digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia; helps the heart beat more forcefully

Lanoxin

digitalin, digitalis, digitalis glycoside - a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove

Translations

di·gox·in

n. digoxina, un derivado de digitalis que se emplea en el tratamiento de arritmias cardíacas.

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digoxin

n digoxina

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Singh: If you have to initiate digoxin, you have to follow the serum levels more closely than we ever have before.

Definitively avoid digoxin for AF when there are other options

WASHINGTON -- In what could prove to be the final word in the clinical controversy over the safety of prescribing digoxin in patients with atrial fibrillation, a secondary analysis of the roughly 18,000-patient ARISTOTLE trial has come down emphatically on the side of avoiding the venerable drug.

They came not to praise digoxin for AF, but to bury it

Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside used as an inotrope in heart failure [1].

Accidental Intrathecal Administration of Digoxin in an Elderly Male with End-Stage Renal Disease

Objective: To compare the efficacy of amiodarone and digoxin for patients who underwent valve-related cardiac surgery and had atrial fibrillation in the first 72 hours post-operatively.

Amiodarone vs digoxin in the treatment of atrial fibrillation in postoperative rheumatic cardiac valvular patients

A review of previous research on digoxin, which is used to treat heart failure and atrial fibrillation, suggests the drug may raise the risk of premature death.

Digoxin concerns

I take digoxin for atrial fibrillation, and a friend told me she recently saw an article saying that it's a very dangerous drug.

Ask Dr. Etingin

It is highly toxic - the original source for the heart medicine digoxin - so keep children and animals away.

DIGITALIS PURPUREA (foxglove)

Individuals who take the drug digoxin to treat the irregular and often rapid heartbeat associated with atrial fibrillation (AFib) may be at greater risk of death than individuals who take other medications for the condition, a new study suggests.

Common AFIB medication linked to greater risk of mortality

Opie suggests that digoxin, for the indication of HF, would not be passed by regulatory agencies on the basis of present data.

Digitalis reappraised

Methods: The inhibitory effects of tanshinones on P-gp function were compared using digoxin bidirectional transport assay in Caco-2 cells.

Reversal of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) mediated multidrug resistance in colon cancer cells by cryptotanshinone and dihydrotanshinone of Salvia miltiorrhiza

digoxin) used in CHF have narrow therapeutic index and cause many serious cardiac side effects.

Cardiotonic effects of juice of bulbs of allium cepa on isolated frog's heart

Digoxin (Lanoxin[R]) is the only cardiac glycoside approved for use in the U.S.

Cardiac glycosides, digoxin toxicity, and the antidote