Successful Treatment with Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine for Severe Overdose of Amlodipine： A Case Report

• Published in: Chinese journal of integrative medicine Vol. 21; no. 9; pp. 703 - 706
• Main Author: 赖芳 张燕 谢东平 李芳 韩云
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Chinese Association of Traditional and Western Medicine 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Amlodipine - adverse effects; Case Report; Drug Overdose - diagnostic imaging; Drug Overdose - drug therapy; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - therapeutic use; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Radiography, Thoracic; Treatment Outcome; 中西医结合治疗; 景区; 氨氯地平; Amlodipine; Calcium Gluconate; Levosimendan; Amlodipine Besylate; Calcium Infusion

Introduction Amlodipine is a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker （CCB） that inhibits calcium influx into cardiac, vascular smooth muscle cells, and pancreatic beta cells, leading to dilation of arteries and arterioles and reduction in insulin secretion. Oral administration of amlodipine is absor...