Once was not enough: A case report of the concomitant intoxication of amlodipine (calcium channel blocker) and clonazepam (benzodiazepine)

We report a case of concurrent ingestion of Clonazepam and Amlodipine in a 25‐year‐old man, in a second attempt to take his life, which resulted in unconsciousness, hypotension, and hypokalemia. The clinical and/or biochemical presentation varied from the individual pattern when ingested. In the sca...

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Autores principales: Gautam, Swotantra, Chamlagain, Mandita, Yadav, Gopal Kumar, Acharya, Santosh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35846941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6042
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description We report a case of concurrent ingestion of Clonazepam and Amlodipine in a 25‐year‐old man, in a second attempt to take his life, which resulted in unconsciousness, hypotension, and hypokalemia. The clinical and/or biochemical presentation varied from the individual pattern when ingested. In the scarcity of consensus recommendations, supportive treatment helped.
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spelling pubmed-92724392022-07-15 Once was not enough: A case report of the concomitant intoxication of amlodipine (calcium channel blocker) and clonazepam (benzodiazepine) Gautam, Swotantra Chamlagain, Mandita Yadav, Gopal Kumar Acharya, Santosh Clin Case Rep Case Report We report a case of concurrent ingestion of Clonazepam and Amlodipine in a 25‐year‐old man, in a second attempt to take his life, which resulted in unconsciousness, hypotension, and hypokalemia. The clinical and/or biochemical presentation varied from the individual pattern when ingested. In the scarcity of consensus recommendations, supportive treatment helped. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9272439/ /pubmed/35846941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6042 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Gautam, Swotantra
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Once was not enough: A case report of the concomitant intoxication of amlodipine (calcium channel blocker) and clonazepam (benzodiazepine)
title Once was not enough: A case report of the concomitant intoxication of amlodipine (calcium channel blocker) and clonazepam (benzodiazepine)
title_full Once was not enough: A case report of the concomitant intoxication of amlodipine (calcium channel blocker) and clonazepam (benzodiazepine)
title_fullStr Once was not enough: A case report of the concomitant intoxication of amlodipine (calcium channel blocker) and clonazepam (benzodiazepine)
title_full_unstemmed Once was not enough: A case report of the concomitant intoxication of amlodipine (calcium channel blocker) and clonazepam (benzodiazepine)
title_short Once was not enough: A case report of the concomitant intoxication of amlodipine (calcium channel blocker) and clonazepam (benzodiazepine)
title_sort once was not enough: a case report of the concomitant intoxication of amlodipine (calcium channel blocker) and clonazepam (benzodiazepine)
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35846941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6042
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