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You may give the loading dose of two tablets of 0.25 mg. Fallowed by one after say twelve hours. Then 3/4 tablet daily after 24 hours. When there is no urgency, you should give 3/4 tablet daily. You may need to give potassium supplement in some, specially when the patient is taking no food for a day or two.
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What is a fatal dose of digoxin?
3
Antidote for digoxin?
I have seen my teachers to use the drug phenytoin to treat the the over dose of digoxin. Digoxin is a poisonous drug. It may kill the person, with accidental over dose of the drug.
What is the stat dose of digoxin in af?
500 mcg
What volume of pediatric digoxin injection 0.1 mgml is required for a 75 mcg dose?
1.75 ml
The PN plans digoxin elixir 10mcgkg as a loading dose to a child who WT 55 pouds. Digoxin is available as an elixir 50 mcgml. How many ml the PN administerto this child?
5ml
Is it safe to take digoxin and ibuprofen?
Aspirin, an NSAID, is contraindicated in the use with Digoxin due to the fact that it increases Digoxin levels in th blood and could lead to Digoxin Toxicity.
Can you take Benadryl and digoxin together?
Can you take Benadryl if you are taking Digoxin
What is the treatment for dig toxicity?
If this question is referring to Digoxin, then the antidote is Digoxin Imunefab.
How many milliliter of digoxin do you give if a doctor's order states give digoxin 0.3 mg IM and you have digoxin 500mcg to 2ml?
It's 1.2 mL.
What should be the dose of digitalis in heart failure?
The dose of digitalis or digoxin has been a problem for many years. So many patients do not tolerate the digoxin. There is toxicity of the drug. Patients feels nausea and gets vomiting. He may land up in cardiac arrhythmia, if you continue the drug. For years the patient was given a holiday on Sunday. So he was not supposed to take the drug on Sunday. Then Saturday off was also added to this. But the toxicity continued to occur. The half life of the drug is 36 to 48 hours. So when the drug is given on alternate day, it was found to work without the toxicity in almost all the patients. It may not be totally effective in this dose to control the heart failure. But that is what you get from digoxin. If you want the drug to work more, the toxicity is the result of such an attempt. If you get toxicity in alternate day dose, then your patient is in hypokalemia. You should give oral potassium supplement in such a case. Above dose is for the patients with normal kidney functions.
What are the complications of digoxin and lasix when taken together?
lasix leads to hypocalemia which may lead to digoxin toxicty
What volume of pediatric digoxin injection 0.1 milligrams per ml is required for a 50 mcg dose?
0.1mg=100mcg 100mcg = 50mcg = 50ml = 0.5ml 1ml X 100X The answer is 0.5ml
