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When it comes to medicine, you will notice that there are some medicines that the doctor will prohibit you to take if you are taking other medications. The reason for this is there could be some drug interaction between the medicine that you are currently taking and the medicine that you will be taking. And, this drug interaction may be very fatal. An example of drugs that have interaction with each other is Azithromycin and Digoxin.More...
Why Should Digoxin Be Stopped Prior To Cardiac Surgery ?
Pre-operative procedures mean that there are several things needed to be taken care of or to be done before the patient goes under the scalpel. And, since cardiac surgery is a very complex and risky operation, it is important to take care of several pre-operative procedures first like asking them to discontinue medicine. Example of this is a medication known as Digoxin.More...
Medicines are administered to patients in order to help them treat their disease, and at the same time alleviate any symptoms they might be suffering from. This is the same with Digoxin.More...