Beta blockers overdose

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• Airways and lungs
  • Breathing trouble
  • No breathing
  • Wheezing (in people who have asthma)
• Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
  • Blurred vision
  • Double vision
• Heart and blood
  • Irregular heartbeat
  • Lightheadedness
  • Low blood pressure
  • Heartbeat - rapid or slow
  • Heart failure
  • Shock
• Nervous system
  • Coma
  • Confusion
  • Convulsions
  • Drowsiness
  • Excessive sweating
  • Fever
  • Nervousness
  • Weakness

Low blood sugar is common in children with this type of overdose, and can lead to nervous system symptoms.

Review Date: 01/17/2010
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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