Sensky P R, Olczak S A
Department of General Medicine, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, UK.
Postgrad Med J. 1999 Oct;75(888):611-2. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.75.888.611.
A case of dothiepin poisoning complicated by cardiogenic shock is described. Hypotension was resistant to conventional inotropes but responded rapidly to high-dose intravenous glucagon. Glucagon should be considered as a useful therapeutic positive inotrope and a potentially antiarrhythmic agent in severe tricyclic antidepressant overdose.