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Case Reports
. 2008 Oct;12(4):190-3.
doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.45080.

Calcium channel blocker overdose: experience with amlodipine

Supradip Ghosh  1 , Mrinal Sircar
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Case Reports

Calcium channel blocker overdose: experience with amlodipine

Supradip Ghosh et al. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2008 Oct.

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.

Keywords: Amlodipine overdose; calcium; calcium channel blocker; glucagon; hyperinsulinemic euglycemia.

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