JENNIFER BEALS BIOGRAHPY. Jennifer Sue Beals was born in Chicago on December 19, 1963 as the second child of Jeanne Anderson and Alfred Beals. Her mother, an Irish-Catholic retired elementary schoolteacher, still lives in Chicago.
How does digitalis work? 1  Digitalis medicines strengthen the force of the heartbeat by increasing the amount of calcium in the heart's cells. 2  Digitalis medicines control irregular heart rhythms (called arrhythmias) by slowing the signals that start in the sinoatrial (SA) node.
Digoxin immune Fab is considered the first-line treatment for significant dysrhythmias from digitalis toxicity. Other indications for its use include the following: Ingestion of massive quantities of digitalis (in children, 4 mg or 0.1 mg/kg; in adults, 10 mg)