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[The clinical implications in patients after calcium channel blockers overdose--own observations].

Krystian K Stachoń, Józefa J Dabek, Daniel D Jakubowski, and Wojciech W Rychlik

Pol Merkur Lekarski 31(183):145-9 (2011) PMID 21991842

Calcium channel blockers are drugs often used in circulatory system diseases. Their overdose can cause asystoly, III grade of atrioventricular dissociation, heart insufficiency and cardiogenic shock. Due to wide availability of these drugs access to them for subjects who want commit suicide is easy. In a specialist literature predominantly you can find case reports about calcium channel blockers suicidal overdose. Our experience includes 12 such cases. The aim of the study was to analyze patients after suicidal calcium channel blockers overdose.

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