• Am J Emerg Med · Sep 1998

    Case Reports

    Amlodipine overdose causes prolonged calcium channel blocker toxicity.

    • B D Adams and W T Browne.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA 30905, USA.
    • Am J Emerg Med. 1998 Sep 1; 16 (5): 527-8.

    AbstractAmlodipine is a relatively new agent that has the longest half-life of all calcium channel blockers. This report describes a severe overdose that resulted in prolonged and severe hemodynamic compromise for up to 10 days, but responded to aggressive therapy with calcium, glucagon, and other vasoactive medicines.

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