TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Amlodipine (150 mg) poisoning, a case study
JO  - Current drug safety
A1  - Panda, Prasan Kumar
A1  - Raj, Annu
A1  - Singh, Shiv Shankar
SP  - 144
EP  - 147
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
N2  - Treatments of patient with amlodipine (a calcium channel blocker, CCB) overdose/poisoning remain challenging and death is certain if not intervened timely. Furthermore, for a society, the availability and common use of this drug make more vulnerable, especially by children, towards an accidental/suicidal poisoning. Here we describe an adolescent school girl who took 150 mg of amlodipine and was admitted in our hospital approximately 4 hours after ingestion with suicidal intention. She developed circulatory failure and tachypnea. Decontamination, calcium, glucagon, and dual vasopressors were started, however, persistent hypotension led to initiation of hyperinsulinemic euglycemia therapy. She recovered fully and discharged in few days without any complications. This case educates not only about the successful use of variant drugs in the management of CCB overdose/poisoning, but also alarms the society for a safety storage of often used drugs, especially away from children/adolescents.<br><br>Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.org.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1574-8863
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1574886313666180313120659
ID  - ref1
ER  -