Suxamethonium chloride
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Suxamethonium chloride, also known as suxamethonium or succinylcholine, or simply sux in medical abbreviation, is a medication used to cause short-term paralysis as part of the process of general anes
A vial of suxamethonium chloride
Neuromuscular-blocking drug
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Neuromuscular-blocking drugs, or Neuromuscular blocking agents, block transmission at the neuromuscular junction, causing paralysis of the affected skeletal muscles. This is accomplished via their act
Suxamethonium chloride
…people who are at risk of hyperkalemia (high blood potassium) or with history of myopathy. Use during pregnancy appears to be safe. Suxamethonium is a neuromuscular-blocking agent (NMBA), and is classified as a depolarizing neuromuscular drug. It works by blocking the action of acetylcholine on skeletal muscles. Suxamethonium was…
Fig.3 A simple illustration of how vecuronium binds to the nicotinic receptor. Its D-ring binds to the receptor at two points and the lipophillic side of the molecule repels cations from flowing through the ion-channel