Skeletal muscle relaxants Flashcards

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Prototype non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocker

SE: orthostatic hypotension

A

Tubocurarine

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Skeletal muscle relaxant

It undergoes Hoffman elimination

SE: bronchospasm

*most frequently used non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocker

A

Atracurium

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Skeletal muscle relaxant

For Lethal injection
Strychnine poisoning

SE: hypertension

A

Pancuronium

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Skeletal muscle relaxant

reversal agent for non-depolarizing neuromuscular blockade

SE: miosis, salivation, and diarrhea

A

Neostigmine

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Skeletal muscle relaxant

used as a depolarizing neuromuscular blocker

SE: malignant hyperthermia, affected by pseudocholinesterase activity

A

Succinylcholine

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