Digitalis Interactions

Digitalis drugs may collaborate with a bulk of added medicines. If this happens, the furnishings of one or both of the drugs may change or the accident of ancillary furnishings may be greater. For example:

•Taking digitalis drugs with added affection medicines, amphetamines, or diet pills could access the accident of affection accent problems.

•Calcium approach blockers, acclimated to amusement top claret pressure, may could cause college than accepted levels of digitalis drugs in the physique that could advance to affection of balance as covered in the aloft section.

•Diuretics (water pills) or added medicines that lower the bulk of potassium in the physique may access the ancillary furnishings of digitalis drugs.

•Medicines that access the bulk of potassium in the physique may accession the accident of austere affection accent problems if taken with digitalis drugs.

•Diarrhea anesthetic or cholesterol-lowering drugs such as cholestyramine (Questran) and colestipol (Colestid) may accumulate digitalis medicines from getting captivated into the body. To anticipate this problem, digitalis drugs should be taken several hours afore or afterwards demography these medicines.