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In diabetic patients it has been shown that tolbutamide and carbutamide enhanced and glibenclamide did not influence the incidence of digitalis intoxication, or that of multifocal ectopic beats or coupling due to premature ectopic ventricular beats during digitalis therapy. In rabbits glibenclamide decreased and tolbutamide and carbutamide increased strophanthidin toxicity in a dose dependent manner. It was concluded that glibenclamide should be preferred to tolbutamide or carbutamide in digitalistreated diabetics, when satisfactorily metabolic control is not achieved with a dietary regime alone.
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Pogátsa, G., Koltai, M.Z., Balkányi, I. et al. Effects of various hypoglycaemic sulphonylureas on the cardiotoxicity of glycosides. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 28, 367–370 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00544351
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00544351