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A 48-year-old man with chronic back pain is started on amitriptyline 25 mg at night for neuropathic pain. Two weeks later he is found collapsed with hypotension, wide QRS tachycardia and metabolic acidosis after ingesting a large quantity of amitriptyline in an overdose. According to toxicology guidance, which is the key specific treatment?

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