How to Use digoxin in a Sentence
digoxin
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The autopsy revealed the lethal level of digoxin in his system.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 26 Oct. 2022
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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
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Administering an injection of digoxin, a drug used to treat heart disease in adults, is one method.
—Alejandra Matos, Houston Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
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Half hour later, the patient takes a medication called digoxin.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2021
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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
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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
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First, the doctor injects potassium chloride or digoxin into the fetus’s heart, killing it within minutes.
—The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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These include severing the umbilical cord or injecting potassium chloride or the medication digoxin into the fetus.
—Bill Rankin, ajc, 25 May 2018
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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
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