Suicidal digoxin intoxication in 61 year old patient

Ciechański Erwin, Ciechański Krystian, Tchórz Michał. Suicidal digoxin intoxication in 61 year old patient. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(8):801-806. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3408025

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Received: 05.07.2019. Revised: 25.07.2019. Accepted: 17.08.2019.

Suicidal digoxin intoxication in 61 year old patient

Erwin Ciechański¹, Krystian Ciechański², Michał Tchórz³

¹ Department of Cardiology, Regional Specialist Hospital in Lublin

² Student's Research Group at the Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lublin

³Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Lublin

Abstract: Digoxin is one of the oldest drugs used in cardiology. It belongs to subgroup of cardiac glycosides. Currently, due to limited indications for use, cases of poisoning with this group of drugs are becoming less common. Ease of poisoning results from the low therapeutic index and symptoms of intoxication may include many different systems. The most serious symptoms of overdose are cardiac arrhythmias. We present a case of a patient with suicide poisoning due to ingestion of 30 tablets of 0.1mg digoxin.

Key words: digoxin intoxication, suicide, toxicology