title: Cerebral infarction associated with oral verapamil overdose.
abstract: Verapamil is a widely used calcium channel blocker. Side effects with oral use are usually mild, however, major hemodynamic complications and death can occur if the drug is given in overdose. We describe a case of cerebral infarction associated with attempted suicide with verapamil overdose, the first reported to our knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine A, Soroka University Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Samniah
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schlaeffer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply; D014700:Verapamil / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D014700:Verapamil