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• n  digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia; helps the heart beat more forcefully

• digoxin
• Lanoxin

News & Articles

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• Bacterial blockade: How gut microbes can inactivate cardiac drugs
  Researchers have identified a pair of genes which appear to be responsible for allowing a specific strain of bacteria in the human gut to break down Lanoxin -- a widely prescribed cardiac drug -- into an inactive compound, as well as a possible way to turn the process off.
  July 25, 2013 - Science Daily
• Bacterial blockade
  ( Harvard University ) Harvard researchers have identified a pair of genes which appear to be responsible for allowing a specific strain of bacteria in the human gut to break down Lanoxin -- a widely prescribed cardiac drug -- into an inactive compound, as well as a possible way to turn the process off.
  July 25, 2013 - EurekAlert!