Shortage of Digitoxin and Switching to Digoxin in Norway: A Retrospective Study of Blood Samples Submitted to a Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory

Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2017 Jul;121(1):74-77. doi: 10.1111/bcpt.12770. Epub 2017 Mar 15.

Authors

Jan Schjøtt^{1

2

3}, Hilde Marie Torgauten¹, Tormod Karlsen Bjånes¹

Affiliations

¹ Section of Clinical Pharmacology, Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
² Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
³ Regional Medicines Information and Pharmacovigilance Centre (RELIS Vest), Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.

PMID: 28235161
DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.12770

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cardiotonic Agents / administration & dosage*
Cardiotonic Agents / pharmacokinetics
Digitoxin / administration & dosage*
Digitoxin / pharmacokinetics
Digoxin / administration & dosage*
Digoxin / pharmacokinetics
Drug Substitution
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Norway
Retrospective Studies

Substances

Cardiotonic Agents
Digoxin
Digitoxin