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100-year-old heart drug made from foxglove may help 'dissolve' clumps of spreading cancer cells
11 Feb 2025 18:05 GMT
… cells, an old heart drug called digoxin may help stop tumors from … journal Nature Medicine, the researchers think digoxin could someday complement other treatments aimed … wrote.
Nonetheless, the trial hints that digoxin and similar drugs could have a place …
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BioCryst to Present New ORLADEYO® (berotralstat) Results from APeX-P Pediatric Trial at 2025 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology / World Allergy Organization Joint Congress
10 Feb 2025 13:30 GMT
… ) for the prophylactic treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE … CYP3A4. For concomitant medications with a narrow … gp substrates (eg, digoxin) when coadministering with … BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals is a global biotechnology company …
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When I use a word . . . Medical anniversaries in 2025: digitalis and the treatment of dropsy
10 Feb 2025 13:25 GMT
… ” because foxgloves, and other herbal remedies that contain similar compounds, such … )—proscillaridin;
● woolly foxglove (Digitalis lanata)—digoxin and lanatoside C;
● yellow oleander … : “I complain of the treatment this medicine has had in London ... I …
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Existing cardiac drug helps keep cancer from spreading
09 Feb 2025 23:16 GMT
… other organs. An existing cardiac drug has now been found to … promising was a compound called digoxin, originally derived from foxglove.
… the primary tumor, while digoxin prevents the disease from spreading … in the journal Nature Medicine.
Source: ETH Zurich
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Heart drug dissolves breast cancer cell clusters in the blood
05 Feb 2025 01:13 GMT
… .0 International license.
Digoxin, a heart medication, dissolves clusters of … the researchers administered the drug digoxin at a low and … forward
The active ingredient digoxin originally comes from the … discovered in 2019 that digoxin could also be effective …
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University of Birmingham study finds digoxin may aid in managing heart failure
03 Feb 2025 14:56 GMT
… subject per year with the drug’s treatment.
The University of Birmingham … year threshold, the probability of digoxin being cost-effective compared to … to substantial savings if the trial results were adopted more broadly …
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This 240-year old medicine could treat heart patients saving NHS £100 million a year
03 Feb 2025 15:30 GMT
… has shown that this historic drug could replace traditional beta-blockers … benefits. Digoxin, a medication that has been used in heart health treatments for centuries … Health and Care Research, the trial included 160 patients aged 60 …
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Crisis in Iran’s Medical Community: Rising Suicide Rates Among Resident Doctors
03 Feb 2025 15:22 GMT
… doctors vary, but most, according to Shahmoradi, take overdoses of drugs or medications … doctor in southern Iran who committed suicide with sedative pills … overdose of “Digoxin” (a drug used to treat … establish such centers, stating, “A doctor in their thirties …
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NHS bombshell as study finds 240-year-old drug could treat heart patients saving £100million a year
03 Feb 2025 06:08 GMT
… 240-year-old drug has found that the old pharmaceutical could be … the drug, which was first used as a medicine in 1785. Digoxin has … quarter of all deaths. The trial, funded by the National … a fraction of the cost. Digoxin treatments brought a saving of £530 …
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Digoxin Offers Cost Savings Over Beta-Blockers in AF Care
31 Jan 2025 15:19 GMT
… Atrial Fibrillation (RATE-AF) randomised trial,” published in the January 2025 … and secondary healthcare resource use, medications, and QoL were collected to … the 12-month follow-up. Digoxin treatment was significantly less costly, with …