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Digoxin Toxicity Definition
Common names:
  • Digitalis Toxicity
  • Digoxin Toxicity
  • Lanoxin Toxicity
A person with digoxin toxicity has poor heart function, caused by the presence of too much digoxin in the bloodstream.

Digoxin is used to treat heart failure. Too much digoxin can cause abnormal heart rhythms or cause worsening heart failure. Images

About 1 out of every 100 people taking digoxin develop digoxin toxicity.

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Last Updated: Oct 21, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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