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Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose
calcium channel blockers are among the most commonly used cardiovascular drugs in the adult population. They're used to treat a huge range of different clinical conditions including angina and hypertension but if we take these drugs in excess then they're one of the most potentially lethal prescription drugs known to man. So you know I see your paracetamol but I raise you a calcium channel blocker. Top trumps in favor of James. Now what signs and symptoms do we get with these calcium channel blockers? Well they obviously are associated with the actions of calcium in the body which is vital for the contraction of all three types of muscle in the body so skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and the myocardium. It's
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