Life-threatening calcium channel blocker overdose and its management

Abstract

A young woman presented to the emergency department with complaints of nausea, vomiting, pain in the abdomen and difficulty in breathing after ingestion of 56 tablets of amlodipine 5 mg each (total 280 mg of amlodipine). She was managed using hyperinsulinaemia/euglycaemia therapy and other measures like calcium gluconate, glucagon and vasopressors. She was discharged from hospital in a stable condition after 5 days. Copyright 2012 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.