CASE REPORT
Calcium channel blocker overdose: Experience with amlodipine
Supradip Ghosh
Citation Information :
Ghosh S. Calcium channel blocker overdose: Experience with amlodipine. Indian J Crit Care Med 2008; 12 (4):190-193.
DOI:
10.4103/0972-5229.45080
License:
CC BY-ND 3.0
Published Online:
01-01-2012
Copyright Statement:
Copyright © 2008; The Author(s).
Abstract
Amlodipine overdose is only scarcely reported from India. We report two cases of near fatal Amlodipine overdose managed in our ICU with fluid, vasopressors, calcium infusion and Glucagon. Literature is reviewed and other treatment modalities discussed.
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