digoxin with food

Should digoxin be recommended for a patient , 84 year old male with Atrail Fibrallation, when the blood pressure is in the range of 92/55, heart beat 61/min? My father recenlty fell, fractured his hip and I have been getting contradicting information about digoxin, since he has low blood pressure and digoxin may not be safe for him.. Thank you This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/239460'>Dijoxin Level</a>.

I took Digoxin for a number of years in reponse to an atrial fibrillation event. My new physician did not feel I needed to be on it any longer. What are the side effects of discontinuing this medication? I have been off it for several months and some odd changes in my body.

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.

s common use is for Afib and Aflutter, beta and calcium channel blockers are the more modern medicine of choice. Digoxin has potentially dangerous interactions with verapamil, and amiodarone, and a number of other commonly prescribed drugs.

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.

The researchers found that the use of digoxin for at least a year was associated with a 30% greater risk of being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Digoxin has a very narrow threputic window. Many patients start on a dosage of 250 mg per day. But this is often too little for some patients and too much for others. It takes very careful experimentation to find just the right dosage.

They haven't checked the levels in awhile. I will definitely ask about that when I seen the cardiologist next week. Digoxin was the first thing they tried ans it didn't work at first. The they tried flecainide along with the digoxin but that made my heat rate fast. All I had to do is stand up and I was at 160. So they took me off that 2 days after putting me on it. After the flecainide was out of my system the babus heart rate was all the sudden normal!

i hev a question concerning digoxin....wat is its effect in the body. I mean its pharmacokinetic effects. i am having a hard time searching the net for it...

I am wondering if you are uneasy about taking digoxin. If so, I would ask you cardio if you can get by with just the TOPROL XL. Digoxin, xanax, toprol xl, and lisinoprol seems like a lot of stuff to be taking. I am a runner and only take TOPROL XL 12.5mg. This knocks out my extra beats and really slows my heart down. A little seems to go a long way for me.

Does anyone know or have experience with taking Digoxin or Metoprolol and did it cause you to have a choking feeling? I have been on both for about 5 weeks now and have had this choking sensation for about that long. I have been sent for an ultrasound of my neck and they found nothing. My Internest acted like it was in my head and told me to take Tylenol. Maybe she thought I was trying to get pain meds out of her. That just didn't make sense. I am not in pain.

t much research with meds and pregnancy. you will register with a med site so they track if you or the baby have any complications. i am on a ton of meds and see so many docs.

My little 2 week old child was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome after presenting with SVT at 275 bpm. It was brought under control with digoxin and propranolol, but when they realized it was WPW, they took her off the digoxin. She has had a couple of episodes since we left the hospital, but we were able to stop them with an ice bag on the face. Has anyone else dealt with WPW in an infant? Got any observations or suggestions?

s when I got diagnosed with svt. They gave me a double dose of digoxin while I was in the hospital. It took me 3 years to finally figure out that my severe heat intolerance was being caused by my digoxin. I do have a appointment with my cardio on dec. 10 so I am going to try to talk to him about something else to take. I still have attacks just not as frequent or as severe.

is it ok to take furosemide 20mg with diltiaz er120mg,digoxin 0.25mg and metoprolol tart 50mg and a bayer aspirin 325mg ?

It seems that the addition of digoxin to her regimen is what has done the trick, as it has significantly lowered her amount of SVT pac's are still very frequent, but as long as her ef is improved I am a very happy camper....

I am a 32 year person suffering with LV, dilated Cardiomyopathy with a ICD in place. I get a pressure pain under the breast bone on the right hand side (What can cause this pain?). The meds that i am on are as follows: ACE 2 inhib, Diuretic, Wafarin, Ivabradine, isosorbide Mononitrate. My EF is 36.6 and have a difficult time sleeping, even with 4 pillows because my chest hurts with pain. Any recommendation on how to help with my sleeping issues.

I was able to go off some of my meds like digoxin and Tykoson, all drugs that deal with AF.Ask your Doctor about this procedure.

Is amiodarone as safe a drug as digoxin or linoxin for A-fib as far as long term side affects are concerned?

Anyone here have mysterious hacking cough with no causes? Did you ever get it diagnosed? This hacking cough comes at all times but it is worse after eating or drinking. It is just very annoying. Before surgery the cough hacking only happened at bed time It got worse after surgery. I had aortic valve replacement & a maze procedure done in Nov 2013. My cardiologist, pulmonologist, asthma and primary doctor can't find what is wrong, I don't know what doctor to go to now.

Vagal nerve is as you probably know, part of the autonomic nervous system. An electrophysiclogical (EP) cardiologist would be the specialist to see. (I don't know why the neurologists don't treat it, but they don't) I have POTS and am sure I also have vagal nerve damage, was seen at Mayo clinic in FL. Beacuse I also have heart problems, the neurologist and cardiologist got together and prescribed DIGOXIN.

I have been taking digoxin .25mg to help control them and 2 baby aspirin daily. I have just started waking out of a SOUND sleep with heart rate in excess of 126 bpm w/ bp146/98 (last night). I will then start shaking. I did goto the ER a few weeks back when my heart rate was 158 bpm and a bp of 198/110, the EMT said I was having an anxiety attack. When I got to the hospital they ran tests and noted that I had no level of digoxin in my blood.

A woman in her 80s, hx hypertension but mostly in good health. She was walking for around 40 minutes. She was feeling weak and had to take breaks on her way home. When she arrived home she had an episode of tachycardia (158) (stated pulse felt "irregular, but not very irregular") with BP (144/71) (not sure if it started while walking). She had no chest pain, only palpitations and general weakness. She took 1 mg digoxin PO and eventually the episode resolved.

Digoxin with food

Common Questions and Answers about Digoxin with food

digitek