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[A suicide attempt with oral verapamil: a case report]
V M Rodríguez Blanco1, M L Rodríguez Suárez, I Möller Bustinza
1Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Central de Asturias, Facultad de Medicina, Oviedo.
Revista Espanola De Cardiologia
|December 1, 1993
Abstract:
We report a case of a 29-years-old patient who tried to commit suicide by taking a high dose of verapamil (22 pills containing 240 mg, each, equivalent to 5.28 g). Ten hours after the ingestion he presented a complete atrioventricular heart block which was resolved with medical treatment presenting a normal ECG 36 hours later. To our knowledge this is the only published case of intoxication caused by such a high dose of verapamil.