Digoxin use in heart failure
Common Questions and Answers about Digoxin use in heart failure
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Hi,
Digoxin is administered in the treatment of Congestive heart failure . 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.
Digoxin and Toprol act in different ways and do not induce the same effects. I have atrial fib and was prescribed amioderone.
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.
my husband has been diagnosed with A-Fib and heart failure, today he has not been feeling well is heart rate is goining up and down from 45 to 118 he is feeling weak and fatigued. His ejection faction is 30 he is also a diabetic and is overweght. I don't know when I should make him go to the doctor or the hospital.
my dad was taken off of it because his rate dropped below 60 beats and was causing him to be knocked out for most of the day when he went off of it his symptoms improved now its been 2 weeks and he is showing signs of loss of appitite,sleepiness,slow in speech, stomach acid, nasea Can the digoxin be retintroduced without any big adjustment to his chemistry?
First off, you should make an appointment with a cardiologist. Primary care doctors are capable of taking care of heart failure, but I would recommend at least establishing care with a cardiologist since it is a new diagnosis.
With regards to the medications:
There are a few beta blockers with evidence in heart failure -- they are carvedilol, metoprolol XL, and bisoprolol (not really used in the US).
I had a routine visit with Heart failure specialist on Feb.3, EKG showed I was in A-Fib. they said I was fine and to go ahead with trip to Mexico for a week's vacation. We returned Wed., the 25th; did well on trip and walking through airports. Thurs. i was out of breath walking 200 feet. Thurs. night had severe "cllunking" for well over an hour. Fri. saw the E.P.
Several years ago a pychiatrist put me on 40 mgs of Adderil. I started having arrythimias according to a pacemaker check. Could this medication cause all of this to happen. Plus a paid mgmt dr put me on a strong muscle relaxer years before this and my heart beat dropped to 40 beats and this caused me to have the pacemaker. I sleep walk a lot and sometimes find some of my meds are gone and this occasion sev muscle relaxers weren't in the bottle.
I was diagnosed with sarcoidosis on 2008 which affected my lungs, so Iwas on Prednison ever since. My heart then was in good condition, and I was responding to the treatment, but 2 years after it affected the heart , M y latest ECHO showed the following results:
LVEDD : 6.8
LVESD : 6.0
RV : 2.3
LA : 4.0
AR : 2.0
IVS : 0.8
POST WALL THICKNESS OF LV : 0.8
FS% : 11 %
EF% : 25%
Am I having a heart frailer...How long have I to live approximately?
it has been recalled!. There may be other applications, but it is usually prescribed for heart failure patients...strengthens heart contractions.
Your son should have an electrocardiogram. That will estimate all heart wall dimensions, it provides the amount of blood pumped out with each stroke (medically termed ejection fraction), Also, heart valves are evaluated both structually and functionally, heart structure integrity, etc.
However, if your cardiologist is saying that her congestive heart failure is controlled, and she is eating well without getting out of breath or getting sweaty, the peripheral cyanosis is most likely due to immature control of the circulatory system by the autonomic nervous system. We frequently see peripheral cyanosis occurring into toddlerhood. Of course, with a history of a congenital heart defect, there is the chance that she has some other defect that was not recognized.
I am trying to get some answers regarding the treatment of an elderly male in the UK. He has been diagnosed with heart failure and has a leaky valve and some irregular heart rythums. At the moment he still gets breathless after walking up a few stairs and I'm not happy with this situation. He also has a persistent cough which may be linked to his medication. He does have some water retention in lower legs.
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d (1998) with CHF and left ventricle hypertrophy (enlargement) your EF should have been less than 30%, not 60%, to be consistant with signs and symptoms of congested heart failure. This would be true as heart failure congestion is caused by the inability of the heart to pump with some equilbrium for the blood received from the lungs and this would cause blood to backup into the lungs and fluids would/will leak into the tissues causing congestion (pulmonary edema).
Then as per doctors advice in apollo hospital medicated stents fixed in heart. Now he is suffering with water heavily in stomach. Understand from doctor that his heart function showing weak. In his regular check up description written as " Known of HTN with DM with old M.I with post PTCA stent with cardiomyopathy with LV dysfunction with LVEF-30% on regular medication".
Hence please advice me my father overall condition. how i have to take care of my father health.
Kindly help me.
hi I ha been diognosed with heart failure in the severe stages what ever that means and want try me on different meds and devices I have refused and researched my self and have realised my heart has been puny at 25% since I was born premature and I have lived 40 years with pupping issue and will live another 40 health living no meds will help
The dr told us that my Dad doesnt have heart failure and is stronger than most his age... but after my family have investigated they are sure it is heart failure. My Dad also sounds a little chesty. I am beside myself as my parents live with me. What should I do ???
Please rep;y as soon as possible.
Ask her doctor if she has heart failure. It may not be congestive heart failure, but it certainly sounds like heart failure. Congestive is when it affects the lungs and cough a lot. Sometimes there is clear or white mucus coughed up and sometimes there is only a dry cough. Water retention in the abdomen is left side heart failure symptoms and water retention in the ankles, legs is right side heart failure symptoms. Doctors usually treat with beta blockers or ace inhibitors.
I use Atenolol and Multaq to prevent atrial fibrillation. Last year I had persistent af for six months. With Multaq and electric cardioversion the sinus rhythm resumed. 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.
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