Digoxin

Newer drugs have replace digoxin as first line treatment for atrial fibrillation or heart failure, and observational studies have questioned its safety. Is it still a safe and effective choice?  

 

This is a podcast on the Clinical Pharmacology that is relevant to the treatment of cardiac failure. In this podcast we shall be covering the therapeutics of: * Acute/Decompensated cardiac failure * Chronic cardiac failure Once again we shall be using this as a means to discuss certain drugs, here ACE-inhibitors, ARBs, beta-blockers, spironolactone and digoxin.