Digitalis Curbs Hospitalizations The Washington Post | February 20, 1997 | . This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Digitalis, a drug used for more than two centuries to treat heart failure, helps keep patients out of the hospital but doesn't help keep them alive, a large study found.

Digitalis is widely prescribed, but it's so old it hasn't gotten the kind of scrutiny that a new medicine would. So doctors have long debated its usefulness for the 4.8 million Americans affected by heart failure.

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute sponsored the new study, in which 6,800 patients were randomly assigned to take either digitalis or a dummy pill. They were followed for an average of three years. ...

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