Updates in Digoxin Toxicity and Outcome of Management: A Review
Imad Ahmad Ibrahim, Raghad Abdullah Alotaibi, Abdalah Emad Almhmd, Rahaf Ibrahim Alghamdi, Adnan Tawfiq Almogbel, Amer Saleh Alsaeri
Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · pp. 403–409 · Published 27 Oct 2021
10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i47A33025Abstract
Cardiac glycosides, including digitalis and digoxin, have long-standing use in clinical practice. Digoxin has a half-life that varies from 36 to 48 hours, which may increase in cases of renal failure. Approximately 1% of Congestive Heart Failure patients treated with digoxin develop toxicity. The clinical features of toxicity are often non-specific. Diagnosis is difficult and usually made clinically, as levels of digoxin in the blood do not necessarily correlate with toxicity. Treatment involves early recognition and the administration of antibodies specifically against digoxin also known as Fab fragments. Digoxin concentration does not necessarily correlate with clinical symptoms of toxicity however digoxin concentrations may be used for calculating the amount of antidote therapy. Digoxin-specific antibody fragments are used when there is a risk of a life-threatening arrhythmia.
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