So it was too slow for digitoxin, and too quick for digoxin. From Wordnik.com. [Dreaming of the Bones] Reference
The leaves of the oriental foxglove plant contain digitoxin, a drug used to treat heart disease. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Both digoxin, which does not occur in nature and digitoxin can be synthesized, but digoxin's half-life allows once-daily dosing. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The synthetic version of digitoxin has little digestive side effects, while the side effects go directly to the heart, thereby creating much more danger than the herb. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
If it wasn’t digitoxin, it must have been digoxin. From Wordnik.com. [Dreaming of the Bones] Reference
And it can’t have been foxglove—the digitoxin in it acts too quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Dreaming of the Bones] Reference
Nor can we even be certain that Lydia Brooke actually died from an overdose of her own medication, even though digoxin was present in her body, because—as I understand it, and I’m no chemist—digoxin is one of the metabolic by-products of digitoxin. From Wordnik.com. [Dreaming of the Bones] Reference
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