Case Report
Management of Calcium Channel Antagonist Overdose with Hyperinsulinemia-Euglycemia Therapy: Case Series and Review of the Literature
Table 1
Case reports of calcium channel antagonist overdose using hyperinsulinemia therapy with clinical outcomes.
| CCA ingested | Dose range (mg) | Number of patients (%) | Insulin bolus (IU/kg) | Insulin infusion (IU/kg/hr) | Duration of treatment | Survival N (%) |
| Verapamil | 2000–5800 | 10 (40) | 0–1000 units (no IU/kg reported) | 0-1 | 8–33 hours | 9 (90) | Diltiazem | 900–10080 | 9 (24) | 0-1 | 0.2–1.5 | 6–8 hours | 6 (67) | Amlodipine | 30−1000 | 9 (36) | 0-1 | 0–2.64 | 6–49 hours | 8 (88) |
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