A case of severe amlodipine poisoning

The article is devoted to the actual problem - poisoning by calcium channel blockers. The case of the departure of the patient amlodipine, clinical picture, treatment and its effectiveness. In the discussion described pharmacological characteristics of the group of calcium channel blockers, mechanisms of development syndromes developing in this type of shipment and pathogenetic approach to therapy.

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