Digoxin now deserves to be considered first-line therapy for long-term heart rate control in older patients with permanent atrial fibrillation and symptoms of heart failure, investigators on a new ...

UB researchers have identified for the first time an enzyme in the foxglove plant that is responsible for the production of compounds needed to make the heart failure drug digoxin. The breakthrough ...

Digitalis-based drugs like digoxin have been used for centuries to treat patients with irregular heart rhythms and heart failure and are still in use today. In the Dec. 16 issue of the Proceedings of ...

Cardiac glycosides derived from the foxglove plant have been used in cardiology for two centuries, but digoxin and digitoxin have gradually fallen out of favor and are now considered controversial in ...

The NHS is urging digoxin users, especially older adults, children, and those with kidney issues, to monitor for key side ...