digoxin

IPA: dˈɪgˈɑksɪn

(biochemistry, pharmacology) A poisonous compound present in the foxglove (Digitalis lanata) and other plants. It is a steroid glycoside and is used in small doses as a cardiac stimulant.

Examples of "digoxin" in Sentences

The baby is sometimes "euthanized" with a drug medicine known as digoxin or digitalis.
Should a patient sit back and die of heart failure rather than risk an ADE from digoxin?
Drug therapy with a derivative of digitalis called digoxin Lanoxin will stimulate the contractile ability of the heart.
Doctors 'first step is to slow down the heartbeat, usually with drugs such as digoxin, which President Bush is reportedly taking.
Charles Cullen, the male nurse at these hospitals, usually using digoxin, which is a heart medication, just adding that to I.V. drips.
Heart drug may be harmful for people having dialysis drug called digoxin may increase the risk of an early death for some people with kidney disease, reports a new study.
For example, grapefruit juice can reduce the absorption of the allergy medication fexofenadine (Allegra); digoxin, which is used to treat congestive heart failure; losartan (Cozaar), used to control blood pressure; and the anticancer drug vinblastine.