What is Digoxin?
Category: Prescription Drugs
Most popular types: Lanoxin Digitek Lanacrist
Digoxin is a treatment for various heart conditions including congestive heart failure, extracted from the foxglove plant digitalis. It helps in the control of heartrate in atrial fibrillation or flutter by decreasing the conductivity of the heart's muscle fibres.
| Purpose | Patients | Evaluations | Perceived Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atrial fibrillation | 134 | 12 | |
| Congestive heart failure | 112 | 4 | |
| Mitral valve regurgitation | 6 | 0 | |
| Atrial flutter | 5 | 0 | |
| Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension | 5 | 0 | |
| Irregular heartbeat (cardiac arrhythmia) | 5 | 1 |
- Major
- Moderate
- Slight
- None
- Can't tell
Side effects
Side effects as an overall problem
| Severity | Evaluations | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Severe | 0 | |
| Moderate | 0 | |
| Mild | 4 | |
| None | 15 |
Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Digoxin
| Side effect | Patients | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Sinus bradycardia | 1 |
Duration
Stopped taking Digoxin
| Duration | Patients | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 1 month | 2 | |
| 1 - 6 months | 4 | |
| 6 months - 1 year | 2 | |
| 1 - 2 years | 3 | |
| 2 - 5 years | 5 | |
| 5 - 10 years | 3 | |
| 10 years or more | 2 |
What people switch to and from
Patients started taking Digoxin after stopping:
| Treatment | Patients | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Amiodarone (Arycor) | 3 |
Patients stopped taking Digoxin and switched to:
| Treatment | Patients | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Propafenone (Rythmol) | 1 |
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