Weekly Dose: Digoxin, the heart medicine that may have given us Van Gogh's Starry Night
- Written by The Conversation Contributor
Digoxin is a drug used to treat heart failure and irregular heartbeats known as a “cardiac glycoside”. It is obtained from the leaves of the foxglove plant (Digitalis lanata) and is available in Australian as the brands Lanoxin and Sigmaxin.
Authors: The Conversation Contributor