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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Findings from the current study demonstrate that over half of chronic HF patients in the DIG trial had severe and more advanced disease as evidenced by the presence of NYHA III–IV symptoms, LVEF <25%, ...

(HealthDay News) — Only 1 in 5 patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) receive digoxin at discharge, according to a study published online in JACC: Heart Failure. Nish Patel ...

OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 21, 2014 -- Digoxin, a drug commonly used to treat heart conditions, was associated with a 71 percent higher risk of death and a 63 percent higher risk of hospitalization among ...

Whether the use of digoxin in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is safe remains unclear. Ouyang and colleagues attempted to address this question by performing a meta-analysis of all available ...

A potentially life threatening label mistake caused Marlex Pharmaceuticals to recall two lots of heart failure medication Digoxin. Here’s what you need to know. What Digoxin tablets are recalled?