Digoxin

🧮 Dose calculator

Heart failure · Regimen source: FDA Digoxin · 2.2FDA Digoxin · 2.1FDA Digoxin · 2.4

👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Digoxin · 8.1

  “Risk Summary Experience with digoxin in pregnant women over several decades, based on published retrospective clinical studies and case reports, has not led to the identification of a drug associated risk of major birth defects, miscarriage or adverse maternal and fetal outcomes.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Digoxin · 8.2

  “Risk Summary The digoxin dose received through breastfeeding is up to 4% of the neonatal maintenance dosage, which is unlikely to be clinically relevant.”

• 👶 ChildrenSafety not established

  Label: safety and effectiveness in children have not been established. FDA Digoxin · 8.4

  “The safety and effectiveness of digoxin tablets in the control of ventricular rate in children with atrial fibrillation have not been established.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Digoxin · 8.5

  “Because elderly patients are more likely to have decreased renal function, care should be taken in dose selection, which should be based on renal function, and it may be useful to monitor renal function [see Dosage and Administration (2.1) ] .”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.