Heterósidos cardiotónicos cardenólido type (0,1-0,4%): cimarósido, adonitoxósido. Mineral salts. Acidos organic. Carotenoid. Flavonoides: adonivernitina.
Farmacológica Action
The cardenólidos ones confer cardiotónicas, antiarrhythmic and diuréticas properties, action to him reinforced by the presence of flavonoides.
Indications
Congestiva cardiac insufficiency, tachycardia, arrhythmias, extrasistolia. Periods of rest of digitálicos treatments (they have minor cumulative action on the myocardium that the digitalis).
Contraindications
Treatment with heterósidos cardiotónicos, quinidina, laxative antraquinónicos or tiazídicos diuréticos (an involution of its action and in case of sobremetering can be produced, an investment of the Cardiotónico effect).
Not to prescribe forms of metering with alcoholic content to smaller children of two years nor to consultantes in process of etílica deshabituación.
Precaution/Poisonings
It only must be used under specialized medical checkup. We recommended to resort to the digitálicos to the use.
All the plant is toxic due to the presence of glucósidos cardiotónicos.
To consider the alcoholic content of the fluid extract and the dye.
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