Most of the estimated 400 000 Canadians who experience heart failure are 65 years of age or older. Heart failure is the most frequent reason for hospital admission for older adults. Admission for ...

Digitalis is an old remedy. The first systematic study showing the benefits of digitalis in cases of dropsy was reported by the English physician and botanist William Withering in 1785.1 Subsequent ...

Digoxin, a drug derived from the foxglove plant, is one of the oldest and most widely used treatments for a variety of cardiac conditions. For example, it can regularize the heartbeat in many who have ...

LONDON, UK — The use of digoxin was associated with a slightly improved survival but no difference in rate of rehospitalization in a new study based on a nationwide propensity-matched cohort of Danish ...

Digoxin, a drug commonly used to treat heart conditions, was associated with a 72 percent higher rate of death among adults with newly diagnosed systolic heart failure. Digoxin, a drug commonly used ...

UB researchers have identified for the first time an enzyme in the foxglove plant that is responsible for the production of compounds needed to make the heart failure drug digoxin. The breakthrough ...

AHA: Increased Cancer Risk for Patients With Heart Failure Incident digoxin use was linked with higher rates of death and heart failure hospitalization. James V. Freeman, MD, of Stanford University in ...

Oct. 30, 2002 — Digoxin may pose a risk of death for women with heart failure, according to a retrospective analysis published in the Oct. 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Yet ...

At present, digoxin should not be recommended for the treatment of patients with mild-to-moderate diastolic HF with preserved LVEF of greater than 45% in sinus rhythm This was an ancillary study ...

Digoxin 0.25mg/mL; soln for IV or IM inj. Lanoxin (digoxin) Injection, 500 mcg (0.5 mg) in 2 mL (250 mcg [0.25 mg] per mL); box of 10 ampules or 10 vials. Lanoxin (digoxin) Injection Pediatric, 100 ...

A doctor has warned that people taking certain heart medications should avoid eating black liquorice, as it could lead to dangerous interactions including irregular heartbeats and potentially heart at ...