Serum digoxin in patients with thyroid disease

Br Med J. 1975 Sep 6;3(5983):566-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5983.566.

Abstract

Serum digoxin concentrations were measured by radioimmunoassay in 17 hyperthyroid and 16 hypothyroid patients after a seven-day course of oral digoxin. The significantly higher levels of serum digoxin in patients with hypothyroidism and lower levels in those with hyperthyroidism were closely related to the measured changes of glomerular filtration rate and digoxin serum half time in these two groups. Differences in serum digoxin concentration contribute to the altered sensitivity to digoxin shown by patients with thyroid disease.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Creatinine / blood
  • Creatinine / urine
  • Digoxin / blood*
  • Digoxin / therapeutic use
  • Digoxin / urine
  • Female
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate
  • Half-Life
  • Humans
  • Hyperthyroidism / blood
  • Hyperthyroidism / metabolism
  • Hypothyroidism / blood
  • Hypothyroidism / metabolism
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thyroid Diseases / blood*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Digoxin
  • Creatinine