This heart medication is often used to treat hypertension, arrhythmia, tremors, and sometimes anxiety or migraines. A commonly prescribed beta-blocker, while beneficial, if the dosing guidelines are not followed, can lead to an overdose. Symptoms of this overdose include hypotension, weak cardiac contractions, weakness, lethargy, lightheadedness, double vision, trouble breathing, and fainting. Randy Gould, MD, a cardiologist at Manhattan Cardiology, mentions a variety of additional symptoms of beta-blocker poisoning, including cardiac arrest.
When it comes to treating beta blocker poisoning, medical professionals in the emergency room of a hospital have a few different options available to them. The primary goal of the medical team is to restore normal cardiovascular function as soon as feasible and minimise the patient’s exposure to this medication. Read the article.
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