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And even with the exact dosing you got from using single constituents: when the doctor's patient suddenly gets weaker from, say, a flu, the digitalis glycosides will kill them off.

Because they've been using digitalis glycosides they've had 4-5 years more life, but it's better not to need digitalis in the first place - help your heart with diet, mild herbs (like Crataegus), and lifestyle before it breaks.

This is because the statements deviated from NPOV and were slanted toward opinion, not scientifically objective.

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At some point, digoxin should be made into it's own article, with focus on the medical use of the pharmaceutical agent. At that point, a list of medications and conditions that alter the digoxin level should be fleshed out, as well as indications and dosing of the medication and a discussion of the toxic effects.

Facts about digoxin:

1. The effect of digoxin on mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure. The Digitalis Investigation Group. N Engl J Med. 1997 Feb 20;336(8):525-33. (Medline abstract)
2. The bioavailability of oral digoxin is 75%

Ksheka 12:00, Sep 8, 2004 (UTC)

I'm starting to create a separate article for digoxin. I've un-redirected and put up a stub. Much more to come. Ksheka 11:40, Nov 12, 2004 (UTC)

Thank you.. I had put stuff into this article because of the redirection.. Tarek 18:51, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Casino Royale

• I think it is important to note that whoever poisoned Bond would not have used a pharmalogical dose of digoxin but instead a poisonous OVERDOSE of the chemical. As it turns out, ventricular tachycardia is actually a known toxic effect of digoxin. Not sure on the mechanism but I think because digoxin causes a slowing of AV conduction time, an OVERDOSE would cause AV block. With AV block, ectopic pacemakers in the ventricles would begin firing haphazardly giving ventricular tachycardia.

128.172.62.38 01:52, 24 January 2007 (UTC)Kamal Pathak (2nd year at VCU School of Medicine (kp59@georgetown.edu))

[edit] Annual varieties of Foxglove

Although the best known form of Foxglove is biennial (in other words you have to wait a whole year before they flower) there are now two annual varieties known as "Foxy" and "Camelot". 80.2.197.130 (talk) 22:22, 2 May 2008 (UTC)