Word: dixogen
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...study's conclusion is the first to question the merits of the widely-used drug--an extract from the foxglove plant--which has been used against heart disease since the late 18th century Digitalis is now prescribed to over one million patients in the synthetic form dixogen...
Published in the March 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the study found that 14 of 25 non-hospitalized heart failure patients improved when given dixogen and worsened when given a placebo. The other 14 patients showed no response to the dixogen therapy...
According to the journal report, all 14 patients who benefited from dixogen had a symptom called a third heart sound, an abnormal noise that occurs when the heart strikes the chest wall. The third heart sound, which Johnson says determines who should receive digitalis therapy, is an extra "dub" heard after the normal "lub-dub" sound that the heart makes when heard through a stethoscope...
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