A fifty-five year old with chronic cardiac failure is on treatment
on Sunday, December 11, 2011
Question Number 1101 Question: A fifty-five year old with chronic cardiac failure is on treatment with digoxin and the a loop diuretic. This combination is likely to cause digoxin toxicity by the following reason: a) this combination increases the half-life of digoxin b) diuretics decrease potassium levels c) frusemide and digoxin interact to form a poisonous compound d) digoxin is a competitive inhibitor of frusemide e) the above statement is wrong, loop diuretics are not a recognised cause of increased digoxin toxicity
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