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3/7/2010 - Glucagon Use in Beta- and Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose

Christopher R. H. Newton, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
 
Joao H. Delgado, MD, Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center, Denver, Colorado
 
and Hernan F. Gomez, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
 
wrote an interesting article on Beta- and Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose.  It states the use of glucagon has "shown positive inotropic and chronotropic effects despite beta-receptor blockade in numerous animal models and in humans."
 
For full article see Medscape:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/430202_6