Rodríguez Blanco V M, Rodríguez Suárez M L, Möller Bustinza I, Castellanos Martínez E, Puebla Rojo V, Barriales Alvarez V, Cortina Llosa A
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Central de Asturias, Facultad de Medicina, Oviedo.
Rev Esp Cardiol. 1993 Dec;46(12):837-9.
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.
