How to Use digoxin in a Sentence

digoxin

noun
  • The autopsy revealed the lethal level of digoxin in his system.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Half hour later, the patient takes a medication called digoxin.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Administering an injection of digoxin, a drug used to treat heart disease in adults, is one method.
    — Alejandra Matos, Houston Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Microbes can also sabotage the classic cardiac drug digoxin, which is used to treat arrhythmias and heart failure.
    — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2020
  • When Gall surprisingly died from a massive heart attack, his autopsy revealed a lethal does of the drug digoxin in his body.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 27 Oct. 2022
  • In small doses, digoxin can help with heart problems, but Cullen administered fatal doses to patients, which led to their deaths.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 27 Oct. 2022
  • First, the doctor injects potassium chloride or digoxin into the fetus’s heart, killing it within minutes.
    — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Physicians use digitalis medicines like digoxin, which are derived from members of the foxglove family of plants, to treat congestive heart failure and heart rhythm problems.
    — Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The medicine most associated with Cullen's murders is called digoxin, which is used for people suffering from irregular heart beats or even heart failure.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Researchers also found that taking calcium supplements with the heart medication digoxin can cause a toxic reaction.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The low potassium levels in the body caused by apple cider vinegar can increase the risk of digitalis toxicity, a side effect of digoxin therapy.
    — Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For the most part, Cullen injected his victims with digoxin, a medication that can help people suffering from irregular heart beats or heart failure, but a high dose is lethal.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 26 Oct. 2022
  • These include aspirin, which came from willow bark, a heart failure drug called digoxin that was sourced from foxglove plants, and the anti-malarial treatment called quinine that was isolated from a cinchona tree’s bark.
    — Molly Glick, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2021
  • Fiber supplements can lower the effectiveness of anti-depressants like tricyclics, diabetes meds like metformin, heart prescriptions like digoxin, and even seizure scripts.
    — Dezi Abeyta, Men's Health, 25 Nov. 2022
  • These include severing the umbilical cord or injecting potassium chloride or the medication digoxin into the fetus.
    — Bill Rankin, ajc, 25 May 2018
  • Digoxin is a medication with a narrow therapeutic index, meaning that digoxin levels must be regularly monitored.
    — Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Classified as a cardiac glycoside, digoxin works by affecting calcium activity.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2022
  • This includes various cancer drugs, such as methotrexate; antibiotics, such as penicillin and clindamycin; pain medications, such as morphine and lidocaine; and cardiac medication, such as atropine and digoxin.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Since many effective therapeutics, including the heart drug digoxin and the anti-malarial artemisinin, have been derived from traditional medicines, there is interest in exploring entheogens to treat mental illnesses.
    — Louis Metzger Iv, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Several doctors, including Wallace, testified that using digoxin in earlier stages of a pregnancy is uncommon, has not been thoroughly studied and is not always effective.
    — Alejandra Matos, Houston Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Some research—mostly on mice—suggests that digoxin introduces antimicrobial proteins into the gut, potentially wiping out microbes responsible for alerting the immune system to invading pathogens.
    — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Why did the real-life Cullen spend his 16-year nursing career murdering patient after patient, injecting their IV bags with lethal doses of insulin, digoxin and other medications?
    — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Examples of drugs that may interact with apple cider vinegar include insulin and other diabetes drugs, diuretics (water pills), ACE inhibitors, ARBs, digoxin, and certain weight loss drugs.
    — Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Metoprolol can interact with several medications, including certain blood pressure drugs, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), digoxin, and others.
    — Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Fiber supplements may interact with diabetes medications and interfere with your body’s ability to absorb certain medications, such as tricyclic antidepressants, carbamazepine, digoxin, lithium, or diabetes medications.
    — Erika Prouty, Verywell Health, 11 Apr. 2024
  • End-of-life drugs have included DDMAPh, a combination of diazepam, digoxin, morphine sulfate, amitriptyline, and phenobarbital; DDMA, a combination of diazepam, digoxin, morphine sulfate, and amitriptyline; and DDMP, a combination of diazepam, digoxin, morphine, sulfate and propranolol.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026

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