suxamethoniumn.
/ˌsʌksəmɪˈθəʊnɪəm/ Pharmacology.
= succinylcholine n. Also suxamethonium bromide, suxamethonium chloride, suxamethonium iodide.
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1953 J. H. Gaddum Pharmacol. (ed. 4) xi. 230 Suxamethonium iodide..also causes brief neuromuscular block.
1963 Lancet 19 Jan. 130/1 With decamethonium muscle fasciculation was only slight, whereas with suxamethonium it was severe and long lasting.
1977 Lancet 18 June 1305/2 Prolonged suxamethonium apnœa during a general anæsthetic occurred in a patient with Goodpasture's syndrome who had recently had plasmapheresis.
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