Verapamil hydrochloride tablet extended release contraindications
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Abdurahman Khalil, M.D. [2]
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Verapamil HCl caplets are contraindicated in:
1-Severe left ventricular dysfunction (see WARNINGS)
2-Hypotension (systolic pressure less than 90 mm Hg) or cardiogenic shock
3-Sick sinus syndrome (except in patients with a functioning artificial ventricular pacemaker)
4-Second-degree AV blockor third-degree AV block (except in patients with a functioning artificial ventricular pacemaker)
5-Patients with atrial flutter or atrial fibrillation and an accessory bypass tract (eg, Wolff-Parkinson-White, Lown-Ganong-Levine syndromes) (see WARNINGS)
6-Patients with known hypersensitivity to verapamil hydrochloride[1]