Drug classes

Cardiac Glycosides

MFDS drug class 02110

This is a classification of drugs that strengthen heart function and regulate heartbeats.

Representative ingredients

The ingredients most often used in single-ingredient medicines of this type.

Commonly used for

What kind of medicines are these?

These medications are used to enhance cardiac contractility, improving conditions where heart function is weakened. They are mainly used to treat heart diseases such as heart failure or arrhythmias.

Cardiac glycosides increase the concentration of calcium ions within heart muscle cells, thereby strengthening cardiac contractility. Some also affect heart rate regulation, stabilizing cardiac rhythm.

Good to know

Cardiac glycosides are medications that directly enhance heart function, differing in mechanism and purpose from antihypertensives or antiarrhythmics. They are distinguished from similarly named classifications by their focus on enhancing heart function.

Medicines in this class

Even within the same class, dosage form and prescription status can differ.

8 total

Drug classes are only attached to medicines covered by the MFDS pill identification data, so this list does not include every medicine.

SourceKorea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Drug Safety Korea)

Product approval information is based on drug information provided by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
Ingredient and class descriptions are not part of MFDS data and were written separately by Cashdoc.
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