#Digoxin

[fr3nzyvirus]

What’s with the rise in foxgloves in my area?

It’s being sold at a GROCERY STORE.

Accessible to children and animals, luckily service animals typically know not to sniff em.

The children near me are dumb as shit, they will touch it.

I am obsessed with milkweeds, nightshades, all things poisons. So of course I know EXACTLY what foxglove looks like.

I’ve even seen foxglove next to a SCHOOL.

And the place that has that plant? An apothecary.

I Take that as a sign that they are unreliable, anyone who studies poisons KNOWS to NEVER leave those plants out for KIDS to reach!

Also the foxgloves they had put were dying immediately? Which made me sad.

But I can’t have poisonous plants of my own, with how many pets I have and stuff.

Yes it was once used as medication, but in the right doses.

In case You’re curious what one looks like?

They do come in a variety of color and are very very pretty.

Just DO NOT eat it.

The people in my area are idiots typically and don’t like being told no, so I hope no one is stupid enough to buy foxglove and complain if they witness a pet die or get extremely I’ll from it.

Even warrior cats fans know that foxgloves are bad, lol.

(I‘ll admit I did lick a foxglove, the dying one, I can’t remember what happened after sadly.)

[johniac]

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 12th, 2025

[thaliawashere]

Digitalis purpurea. Beautiful and deadly.

[shallowseeker]

Lilies of the valley (Convallaria majalis) are highly poisonous if ingested. All parts of the plant (flowers, leaves, and berries) contain cardiac glycosides, which can affect the heart.

[pishifuzul]

u prommy??????

[doctorfoxtor]

HI I JUST REALISED. I KNOW THIS IS A MAID FORMULATION BUT WHAT'S WITH THOSE *ASTRONOMICAL* DOSES

at the euthanasia party everyone gets a sip of the forbidden lean

[sadpain66]

i think its finally over...

[fandom-hoarder]

Not that I don't like Ranger Trey, but I do really miss Medic Trey and Coach Trey. 🥺

[hauntedtotem]

Giving a small sliver of attention to the neglected OCs

[datasoong47]

Hunh, I've only ever heard soft g for margarine, hegemony, and algae, had no clue there were those who used hard g for those

[eatclean-bewhole]

Did you know that pharmaceutical companies often attempt to replicate the benefits of plants in their synthetic drugs or even use plant-based ingredients in their formulations?

For example, aspirin—a common pain reliever—is derived from the bark of the willow tree, which has been used for centuries to reduce pain and inflammation. Another well-known drug, digoxin, which treats heart conditions, comes from the foxglove plant. Even quinine, a key treatment for malaria, was originally sourced from the bark of the cinchona tree.

Despite this, pharmaceutical companies often synthetically replicate plant compounds to patent and profit from them, rather than relying solely on the natural source. These companies tweak molecules or combine elements in ways that allow them to create patented versions, profiting from nature’s original remedies.

By harnessing the power of plants and nutrition directly, we can experience these benefits without the side effects of synthetic drugs.

[fandom-err0r]

foxgirl nepeta?

she may as well be a fantroll but here is MY GIRL DIGOXI!!

etymology under cut

okay so i originally changed her blood colour for ease of palette (foxes...) which opened up a ton of fun routes for her name! nepeta is named for the genus 'nepeta', the genus of catnip species. so, following that, digoxi is named after digoxin, which is extracted from Digitalis, the genus of foxglove! convoluted i know, but so is every troll's name ever. digoxin is also a medication used to treat heart conditions (heart player...) her last name, ferugo, is taken from ferrugo, a diesease of plants, which resembles rust! it is also similar to 'ferruginea', which is the species of foxglove called 'rusty foxglove'! Digitalis (digoxi) ferruginea (ferugo) is the scientific name of rusty foxglove :) digoxi's trollian handle, angiographyCaninae, follows nepeta's AC pattern too! angiography is a type of x-ray in which you inject dye into the blood so blood vessels show up in the x-ray. tauro (taurus + derse + heart) is also the sign of the withdrawn, so there's something there about the heart being withdrawn and having to be shown idk >.< caninae is just the family that foxes belong to i put a LOT of effort into this just for you anon <3

[secularprolifeconspectus]

Later abortion is not euthanasia: a masterpost.

What – and when – are we talking about? In this post, when I refer to "later abortion", I am specifically referring to elective induced fetal demise (feticide) after 20 weeks since the mother's last missed period (22 weeks gestational age). In other words, intentionally and directly killing a baby, wholly or partly within the womb, near or after the point of development at which they could survive after birth. This is distinguished from early induction, in which the baby's death is not deliberately induced. This is often referred to as "late-term abortion", which is a colloquial misnomer as the late-term of pregnancy is exclusively 41-42 weeks.

Later abortion is not only performed for fetal anomaly or to save the mother.

Who is aborting and being aborted? In her studies (1, 2) of later abortion, pro-choice researcher Katrina Kimport found that the reasons people get later abortions are "remarkably similar" to those who get earlier abortions. Common reasons included financial issues and not knowing they were pregnant earlier. Abortionist Eleanor Drey (3) corroborates that “financial hardship” is a major compelling factor in people seeking later abortions. This means that healthy women abort healthy babies.

Further, because a later abortion can take three days, and due to the risk of uterine perforation, in an emergency medical situation it is typically safer for the mother to have an immediate labor induction. Day 1, the baby is killed and laminaria is inserted to dilate the cervix; day 2, more laminaria is inserted and labor is induced; day 3, the dead baby is delivered or extracted (9). Not to mention, in most of Europe abortion is limited before viability, and this has not prevented mothers in emergent life-threatening situations from receiving necessary medical intervention.

Later abortions do not only take place in hospitals.

Where are later abortions happening? According to AbortionFinder as of Nov. 2024, about 25 facilities in the US offer abortion after 20 weeks, and only eight facilities offer abortion after 28 weeks. Four of those eight are in Washington DC or Maryland. Only two of the eight are hospitals. Policies vary between providers and circumstances about whether or not the baby may be viewed after the procedure. Currently, the cost of an abortion at 28 weeks is $12K.

Later abortions are violent, not peaceful.

How are later abortions performed? In an induction abortion, abortionists typically induce fetal demise prior to the removal of the baby either via lethal injection (poison) or exsanguination (bleeding out) (4). For example, DuPont Clinic prefers injection (more expensive), but Washington Surgi-Clinic uses exsanguination (cheaper). In the US, typically the baby is not anesthetized. The feticide injections may be an overdose of digoxin or lidocaine (5), or potassium chloride. Digoxin may take hours to cause cardiac arrest (6). Horses are not euthanized with lidocaine without anesthesia. And potassium chloride is opposed by the Humane Society (7) and Amnesty International (8). Exsanguination is also opposed by the Humane Society (7). In a dilation and extraction abortion, babies may be directly disarticulated (dismembered) while alive.

Further, there is evidence that the fetus feels pain as early as 12 weeks (10). We even have video of a fetus reacting with expressions of pain to being stabbed with feticide (11). Here’s two fetuses after D&E abortions (12,13). And here’s two fetuses after induction abortions (14,15). And this is a video of a D&E (16).

Later abortion “donations” are baby part sales.

Why are they aborted this way? When later abortions are performed without a feticide injection, it’s sometimes to preserve their remains for research. Abortionists have even admitted to performing modified partial-birth abortions to preserve the major organs, in which the baby is pulled out alive from the cervix except for the head, then the neck is snipped and the brain is sucked out to collapse the skull (17,18). Here’s a fetus after a partial-birth abortion (19).

Women sign (often questionable) consent forms to donate the bodies of their babies to research (26). What they either don’t realize or aren’t told is that the abortion facilities will profit or gain assets from these “donations” (20). Many are also under the impression that their baby’s remains will be used to cure diseases; they would likely be dismayed to learn that their baby’s scalp was, for instance, grafted and grown onto lab rats (21).

Later abortion survivors exist.

A study by the Society for Family Planning found that up to 50% of labor induction abortions without feticide result in live birth (22). Another study by the American College of Gynecologists of abortions without feticide in the second trimester also found a 50% survival rate, but that without life-sustaining care, these babies are unlikely to live beyond a few hours (23). ACOG also published a study that found gestational weeks 20-24 survived at a rate of 21.7% (24). Years 2011-2021 saw 20.8% survive overall. Only 24.5% of survivors were admitted to the NICU and just 5.5% received palliative care. Several survivors have spoken out about their experiences (25).

I will be making a follow-up to this post with research on the alternative to later abortion in cases of fatal fetal anomaly: perinatal hospice and palliative care. Resources regarding this here.

Who Seeks Abortions at or After 20 Weeks?

Is third‐trimester abortion exceptional? Two pathways to abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy in the United States - Kimport

Contextualizing Who has Abortions After the First Trimester - Innovating Education in Reproductive Health

Umbilical cord transection to induce fetal demise prior to second-trimester D&E abortion - PubMed

Transabdominal lidocaine to induce fetal demise: a cohort study - PubMed

Society of Family Planning Clinical Recommendation: Induction of fetal asystole before abortion Jointly developed with the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine - ScienceDirect

Humane Society International: General Statement Regarding Euthanasia Methods for Dogs and Cats

Is there a Humane Way to Execute? – Amnesty International

Induction Abortion

Reconsidering fetal pain - PubMed

The Seasoned Soup — Footage of a 12-week fetus reacting to the lethal...

Ángel – PAAU

Holly – PAAU

Christopher X – PAAU

Phoenix – PAAU

Excerpt from Eclipse of Reason

Texas Planned Parenthood Can “Pull Off A Leg, Or Two” To Hide Partial-Birth Abortions To Sell Fetal Body Parts

Special Report: Partial-Birth Abortion at Planned Parenthood

Harriet – PAAU

Select Investigative Panel  of the Energy & Commerce Committee 

Development of humanized mouse and rat models with full-thickness human skin and autologous immune cells

Labor induction abortion in the second trimester - Contraception

Fetal Survival in Second-Trimester Termination of Pregnancy Without Feticide

Second-trimester abortion and risk of live birth

Abortion Survivors Network

BREAKING: “Viable Nonanomalous” 6-Month-Old Fetuses Sold From Planned Parenthood Abortions to University of California, New Documents Show

[constanthaunt]

🔥⚖️ pls spoil me

🔥

Gale’s nose wrinkles in the general direction of the Crisco-ed pool cues and it makes John laugh. Gale is always making John laugh. For thirty years, it has come with a crease in his vision before he ever even feels the pull of his mouth.

⚖️

They give him Digoxin for his heart. John taps the neck of the pill bottle against his open palm. Four tablets spill out, and John thinks about it, just for a second, mind prowling the fence again, before carefully letting two tumble back inside.

[liver-f4ilure]

Criminals Still alive PT 1

Including only murderers

(OLD POST REDONE!)

Adnan Colak

(AKA. The Beast of Artvin)

Age: 71 (September 5th, 1952, Türkiye)

Crime: killing 11 people via axe ages 68-95, 6 of which were women whom he raped before killing. The span of his crimes were 1992-1995 in the Turkish district of Artvin.

Convictions/Sentence: 6 death sentences + 40yrs imprisonment however it was commuted to life imprisonment when Türkiye abolished the death penalty in 2004.

Where are they now?: released in 2005 under a conditional release arrangement.

Fact: I really can’t find a single thing on how he killed them but he was named the ‘axe murderer’

Artyom Anoufriev

(AKA. Academy Maniacs)

Age: 29 (October 4th 1992, Irkutsk, Russia)

Crime: Artyom and the other member of the academy maniacs, Nikita Lytkin, killed 6 people via hammer, mallet, baseball bat or knife. Artyom said he administered the first blows while Nikita mocked the victims. The two would hit the victim 15-20 times before they passed. In total they had 15 victims with 9 of them surviving.

Conviction/sentence: 6 counts murder, robbery, abuse of victims bodies and organizing extremist activities. Artyom was sentenced to life imprisonment while Nikita was sentenced to 24 years which was then reduced to 20years. However on December 1st 2021 he was found dead via su!cide. He had 9 more years left in his sentence.

Where are they now?: still incarcerated

Fact: the case was the first one involving violent extremism in the Irkutsk Oblast that was solved using forensic science.

Beverly Allitt

(AKA. Angel of Death)

Age: 55 (October 4th 1968, Grantham, England)

Crime: killing 4 children via injecting large doses of insulin and attempted to kill 9 other children during her time as a nurse (aka angel of death)

Conviction/Sentance: 4 counts murder, 5 counts attempted murder. Sentenced to 13 consecutive life sentences.

Where are they now?: still incarcerated

Fact:During early childhood and adolescence she would do ‘attention-seeking’ behaviours including going to multiple doctors and getting her prefectly healthy appendix removed. her motive for her crimes was FDIA ( factitious disorder imposed by another) aka Münchhausen by proxy.

Catherine Brinie

(AKA.The Moorhouse Murders)

Age: 73 (May 23rd 1951, Australia?)

Crime: murdering and abducting 4 women (attempting to kill 1) all ranging in ages from 15-31 with her husband, David Birnie (1951-2005) almost all their victims were rapd. The couple gained the name ‘the moorhouse murders’ since they committed the crimes in their house at 3 Moorhouse Street.

Conviction/Sentence: She was sentenced to 4 terms life imprisonment with possibility of parole after 20 years. Her husband pleaded guilty to 4 counts murder, 5 counts abduction and 4 counts rape.

Where are they now?: still incarcerated

Fact: the couple only had 1 survivor, Kate Moir who was 17 at the time of her escape and wasn’t believed by police when she made the report.

Charles Cullen

(AKA. The Angel of death)

Age: 64 (February 22nd 1960, West Orange, New Jersey USA)

Crime: Cullen, a nurse, killed 29 with a suspected 400 more people by injecting lethal doses of insulin and Digoxin. His crimes lasted from 1988-2003 and through several medical centres in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Conviction/sentence: convicted of 29 counts murder and sentenced to 18 consecutive life sentences and will be eligible for parole June 10th 2403.

Where are they now?: still incarcerated

Fact: in 2006 during a sentencing hearing in a Pennsylvanian courtroom Cullen, for 30 minutes kept repeating”Your Honour, you need to step down” until Judge William H. platt had him gagged with cloth and duct tape. Yet through the cloth he still kept repeating his words.

David Berkowitz

(AKA. Son of Sam)

Age: 71 (June 1st 1953, Brooklyn New York USA)

Crime: killing 6 people (mainly couples) via .44 calibre gun, leaving 11 wounded and 2 via stabbing in ‘75. He also reported being apart of multiple unsolved arsons

Convictions/Sentance: 6 counts murder in the second degree, 7 counts attempted second degree murder. Sentenced to life imprisonment with possibility of parole after 25yrs

Where are they now?: Still incarcerated

Fact: Stacy Moskowitz was the only blonde victim of Berkowitz and didn’t survive. At the police station Stacy’s mother reported a detective called her ‘ms. Berkowitz’ instead of Moskowitz. He gained his name because of his motive saying his neighbours dog ‘Sam’ was the devil and told him to do it which he later claimed was fake. He also was apart of a satanic cult named ‘The sons of Sam’ but not any members have been found. He is the reason for a set of laws called ‘The son of Sam laws’ which prohibit criminals from profiting off media.

(I COULD DO A WHOLE INFO POST ON THIS CASE ITS SO INTERESTING!)

Dennis Rader

(AKA. BTK Killer)

Age: 79 (March 9th 1945, Pittsburg, Kansas USA)

Crime: killed 10-12+ victims all ranging in age (9-62) by suffocation or strangulation. First he would break into his victims houses (usually families) tie them up, torture them then kill them. He sometimes masturbated over his female victims.

Convictions/Sentance: 10 counts murder in the first degree (suspected more victims). Sentance to life imprisonment with possibility of parole after 175yrs.

Where are they now?: still incarcerated

Fact: Rader got so caught up in sending letters to taunt police that he sent a floppy disc which was traced back to him, leading to his arrest

Gary Ridgway

(AKA.the green river killer)

Age: 75 (Febuary 18th 1949 Salt Lake City Utah USA)

Crime: Ridgeway killed 49 woman minority of them prostitutes or underage runaways and would pick them up off the highway and strangle them to death via his own hands then would dump their bodies in the green river(coining the name ‘Green river killer’ or other forested areas and often returned to the scene to commit acts of necrophilia. His victims were found in both Washington and Oregon. His crimes spanned from 1982 to 1988 but it’s possible he was still attacking people up to 2001 when he was finally apprehended the same year.

Convictions/sentence: 49 counts aggravated first degree murder, 48 counts tampering with evidence and solicitation. Ridgeway was sentenced to 49 life sentences without possibility of parole.

Where are they now?: still incarcerated

Fact: Ridgeway would wet the bed up until he was 13. At 16 he led a 6yr old boy into the woods and stabbed him through the ribs into the liver, he thankfully survived.

Part 2 coming soon…

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I DO NOT CONDONE!

-Vivi

[macgyvermedical]

Kudos to the doctors in the early 1950s that had like 5 useful drugs at their disposal and yet were like 99% confident they had it all figured out. Like yes, you can do a lot with morphine, phenobarbital, digoxin, insulin, and penicillin, but are you sure about that smoking thing not causing heart disease?