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  • Title: Complete heart block and torsade de pointes associated with thioridazine poisoning.
    Author: Hulisz DT, Dasa SL, Black LD, Heiselman DE.
    Journal: Pharmacotherapy; 1994; 14(2):239-45. PubMed ID: 8197047.
    Abstract:
    A 72-year-old woman attempted suicide with thioridazine 3000 mg and 60 tablets of acetaminophen 325 mg plus codeine 30 mg. She was semicomatose and had persistent third-degree atrioventricular block, progressive hypotension, and an episode of torsade de pointes. Heart block, arrhythmias, and hypotension resolved within 48 hours, and the patient recovered without adverse sequelae.
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