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This document outlines a drug study related to Digoxin, detailing its mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, side effects, and nursing responsibilities. Digoxin is a digitalis glycoside that increases intracellular calcium in the heart, enhancing contractility and cardiac output. The document also includes references for further information on Digoxin's uses and interactions.

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Lanoxin

This document outlines a drug study related to Digoxin, detailing its mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, side effects, and nursing responsibilities. Digoxin is a digitalis glycoside that increases intracellular calcium in the heart, enhancing contractility and cardiac output. The document also includes references for further information on Digoxin's uses and interactions.

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LORMA COLLEGES CON TEMPLATE

DRUG STUDY
RELATED LEARNING EXPERIENCE

STUDENT
NAME: VALDEZ, John Angelo M. ROTATION: 5th AREA: BDH OPD/ER
YR LEVEL
AND SEC: CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR: Mrs. Luz Garcia
BSN III - OREM DATES: November 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 2023.

DRUG MECHANISM
NAME CLASSIFICATION OF ACTION INDICATION CONTRAINDICATION SIDE EFFECTS NURSING RESPONSIBILITIES
Generic Digitalis Glycosides Digoxin induces Digoxin induces an Digoxin is Feeling dizzy. If digoxin Monitor BP periodically in
Name: an increase in increase in intracellular contraindicated in the makes you feel dizzy, lie patients receiving IV digoxin.
Lanoxin intracellular sodium that will drive an following conditions: down so that you do not Monitor ECG during IV
sodium that will influx of calcium in the Acute myocardial faint, then sit until you feel administration and 6 hr after each
Brand drive an influx heart and cause an infarction. better. dose. Notify health care
Name: of calcium in increase in contractility. Hypersensitivity to the professional if bradycardia or new
Lanoxin the heart and Cardiac output increases drug. Ventricular Feeling or being sick
arrhythmias occur. Observe IV
cause an with a subsequent fibrillation. (nausea or vomiting)
site for redness or infiltration;
Dosage: increase in decrease in ventricular Drugs which reduce
0.25 mg contractility. filling pressures. digoxin absorption Diarrhoea extravasation can lead to tissue
Cardiac output include the antacids irritation and sloughing.
Changes in your vision
Route: I.V. increases with a aluminium hydroxide,
subsequent magnesium hydroxide (including blurred vision
Site: decrease in and magnesium and not being able to look
ventricular trisilicate, the at bright light)
filling pressures. antidiarrhoeals kaolin
Skin rashes.
and pectin, the
hypocholesterolaemic
REFERENCES:

NHS. (n.d.). NHS choices. Retrieved April 30, 2023, from [Link]
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Digoxin. Uses, Interactions, Mechanism of Action | DrugBank Online. (n.d.). Retrieved April 30, 2023, from [Link]

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