Digoxin heart medicine
Common Questions and Answers about Digoxin heart medicine
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Digoxin and Toprol act in different ways and do not induce the same effects. I have atrial fib and was prescribed amioderone.
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Hi,
The doctor has rightly prescribed you lisinopril which plays an important role in cardiomyopathy in improving the functioning of the heart. I’ll also suggest the use digoxin for you which tend to improve the ejection fraction of heart and also improve the symptoms of congestive heart failure and it’s especially used for patients who have low blood pressure.
Apart from that, I’ll suggest a low intake of salt and water.
I hope that helps. Please do keep me posted. Kind Regards.
Diastolic blood pressure significantly decreased and systolic blood pressure significantly increased during overnight sleep in the digoxin phase .Heart rate decreased in the overnight sleeping phase . Digoxin significantly decreases diastolic blood pressure during overnight sleep in patients with congestive heart failure. This effect is likely to be caused by reduction of sympathetic activity or increase of parasympathetic activity.
SVT also can be caused by very high levels of the heart medicine digoxin (such as Lanoxicaps or Lanoxin) or the lung medicine theophylline (such as Theochron or Uniphyl).
Some types of SVT may run in families, such as Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Or they may be caused by a lung problem such as COPD or pneumonia".
I hope this helps.
Digoxin is a medication which is used for heart rate control in atrial fibrillation, It has been shown to keep people out of the hospital successfully, but has never been shown to decrease mortality. So if yous top taking it you may have worsening heart rate control, palpitations, possibly pass out (syncope), and could develop a breathlessness or even a cardiomyopathy. Speak to your cardiologist about the reasons why you want to spot this medication.
You should never stop taking a heart medicine abruptly or without your doctor's knowledge and approval. It sounds like the medication is not agreeing with you and so have a talk with your doctor about alternatives. There are so many other heart meds available; no need to feel so miserable.
A simple blood test will let you know if your potassium levels are low. In the meantime you could try eating a banana a day and see if that helps.
I recently had a 2 d echo and I would greatly appreciate some explanation of the results.
The abnormals are mitral valve leaflets thickened, aortic vavlular sclerosis, diastolic transmitral e/a ratio decreased suggesting diastolic relaxation impairment, mild mr and mild tr present
I am 39 with a history of tachycardia. I am currently taking digoxin 250mcg twice a day. Even with that my heart rate is still in the high 90's resting.
Dear Doctor
I am writing this from India
My Son was diagnosied (provisional diagnosis) of Viral Myocarditis when he was 2 weeks old and he was in ICU for 2 weeks (in Dec 2005) . When his condition became stabe he was discharged and was on medication - Carnitine, Lasix & Digoxin.
When he was 1 year old, echo revealed improved EF of 45-50% and Doctor stopped Lasix.
However, in general calcium channel blockers and beta-blockers are preferred to digoxin. Digoxin has been around for a long time! I used Digoxin over 50 years ago for my PSVT, and my recollection was that it did little to prevent episodes. There are so many newer drugs now that are far more effective. My basic understanding of Digoxin is that it works on the heart's electrical system and decreases the heart rate, but increases each stroke volume.
My husband went into a fib on Friday and they put him on it. He converted while in the ER and was told to take it in addition to his beta blocker. They had given him a pretty large dose of it while in the ER and he took 3 doses of the pill...he started feeling pretty bad. He went to his regular cardiologist today and he ran a blood test to check for toxicity and took him off of it. It sounds like a very nasty drug...thanks for the info. I can't understand why he was put on it.
Hello. My name is patient. I have a question. My Doctor has given me heart stents, and those heart stents have failed and were repaired.
They gave me to my family doctor to moniter my cholesterol. They said one was slightly high and the other was OK. They stopped me on Lipitor.
8 years later I had to have triple bipass surgery diagnosed by the same heart doctor. Just after the surgery, in the hospital, they said it looked like I had diabetes and
my heart had a little bit of funny beating rythm.
I'm 76 and have had 2 cardio versions. My cardio just took me off digoxin and started me on propafenone which is really making me sick. Do you ever adjust to it? I'm taking 225 mg twice a day.
During af I got bisoprolol (not good, stopped), Digoxin and Dilmin (not good, stopped). Digoxin and atenolol were left until I got Multaq a week before electric cardioversion. Atenolol has been very good for me to prevent tachycardia for tens of years. Most betablockers are not good for me. Calcium blockers are not good either, eg. Verapamil is forbidden.
I don't know Crestor and Cartia. Do you know to what group of medicines they belong?
Now I have been without af over nine months.
Hello...
I am sorry to hear about your young daughters situation. While SVT is not considered a life threatening arrhythmia, the onset of symptoms can cause severe panic and anxiety...especially in children.
Digoxin is a medication used to control the heart rate. When you see the cardiologist on Jan 14, I would inquire about an EP study and ablation procedure. I would encourage this over medication .
I get intermittent runs of Afib or SVT lasting anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. Digoxin treatment greatly reduced the number of episodes I have, but haven't eliminated them entirely. Being recently married, I wanted to start a family. After talking to my cardiologist and my husband, we decided while trying to get pregnant that I should get off of my medication, Digoxin, and aspirin therapy because it isn't safe for the fetus/baby.
Toprol and digoxin are not anti-arrythmics, altho they can both lower your heart rate and blood pressure, considered "rate control." I took beta blockers for 7 years and controlled my afib. Then when my afib got worse, I went on Norpace, which controlled it pretty well for about 3 years. Last summer I had chest surgery, which changed the whole picture and I've been in and out of the hospital with afib ever since.
When I got to the hospital they ran tests and noted that I had no level of digoxin in my blood. While in the ER I fell asleep and my heart rate went up to 160bpm. They gave me a beta blocker and a shot of digoxin and told me I had tachycardia. I went to my cardiologist, she increased my digoxin from .25 to .375 and told me that my potassium level was on the lower end of normal to eat a banana or drink a glass of OJ daily.
please help me i have diiferent problem my husband heart problem and he is on digoxin and diuretics but the other thing is that he is sexually addicted to prostutes i am afraid a lottt i want him to stop that sexual abusing i have talked with and tryed to convince him but all try's have been wasted now i have decided that stop that by any drugs
plzzzz tell me of any drugs that i can stop he is on digoxin and diuretics for heart problem (up to now he has not told me that he is having heart p
I know there was a recent recall of Digoxin in the U.S. Check with your doctor about any changes in medications.
Is there any chance the pain is because of the ICD? I've heard some people say they have some discomfort from the leads/placement of the device, etc. Does your doctor think it's OK for you to take over the counter pain medication? If so, what does he suggest?
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