Life-threatening calcium channel blocker overdose and its management

Calcium-Channel Blocker Overdose

1522-8401/$ see fro doi:10.1016/j.cpem.2 Department of Eme Children’s Hospit RI 02903, USA. Reprint requests and Department of E Children’s Hospit RI 02903, USA. Calcium-channel blockers (CCB) were first developed in the 1960s. Since then, the list of formulations and variety of uses has increased significantly. Unfortunately, toxic exposures to CCBs have also increased since their debut. This ...

Severe Overdose of Calcium Channel Blocker and Successful Management: A Literature Review and Case Report

Calcium channel blocker overdose: Experience with amlodipine

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.

Non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema and life-threatening shock due to calcium channel blocker overdose: a case report and clinical review.

Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) overdose can be life-threatening when manifest as catastrophic shock and non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema. We describe a case of massive overdose of multiple medications, including sustained-release verapamil, which was resistant to conventional support. Initial treatment for CCB overdose is primarily supportive, and includes fluid resuscitation. The mechanism of ...

Evaluation of Mutagenicity of Mebudipine, a New Calcium Channel Blocker

Mebudipine is a new dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker, synthesized in our laboratory, for treatment of hypertension. It has shown a better efficacy than other drugs in this group. For assessing the risks of this drug, certain safety tests in the preclinical stage have been performed. In this study mutagenic effect of mebudipine was evaluated using Ames assay that could assess the mutageni...