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. 2012 Jan 20;8(2):179–182. doi: 10.1007/s13181-011-0207-x

Table 1.

Amlodipine ingestions with reported blood levels and outcome

Age and gender Peak serum amlodipine level Reported dose ingested Outcome
11-month-old male 1,300 ng/ml 10 to 45 mg 0.9 to 4.1 mg/kg Fatality, hypotension, tachycardia, refractory shock Present case
63-year-old female 185 ng/ml 70 mg Fatality, hypotension, bradycardia, ventricular dysrhythmias, refractory shock after 24 h Koch et al. [8]
50-year-old male 2,300 ng/ml (postmortem) Unknown Fatality, no clinical details available Johansen et al. [11]
15-year-old female 2,700 ng/ml (postmortem) 140 mg Fatality, hypotension, tachycardia Cosbey et al. [6]
44-year-old male 2,400 ng/ml (postmortem heart blood) Unknown Fatality, no clinical details available Sklerov [10]
66-year-old female 870 ng/ml (postmortem peripheral blood) Unknown Fatality, no clinical details available Sklerov [10]
950 ng/ml (postmortem heart blood)
Not listed 940 ng/ml Unknown Fatality, also found velafaxine citalopram Linnet et al. [9]
76-year-old male 67 ng/ml 100 mg Survived, hypotention, acute renal failure, pulmonary edema Adams et al. [2]
43-year-old male 143 ng/ml 350 mg Survived, tachycardia Poggenborg et al. [13]
42-year-old male 393 ng/ml 1,000 mg Survived, hypotension, reduced ventricular ejection fraction, pulmonary edema Vogt et al. [14]
42-year-old female 88 ng/ml 50–100 mg Survived, hypotension, tachycardia, pulmonary edema Staneck et al. [15]
22-year-old female 150 ng/ml 425 mg Survived, hypotension, tachycardia, third degree AV block, acute renal failure Ezidiegwu et al. [16]
37-year-old male 130 ng/ml 6.7 mg/kg Survived, hypotension, bradycardia, third degree AV block, also ingested atenaolol and alprazolam Yuan et al. [23]