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Mivacurium chloride (Mivacron) is a new benzylisoquinolinium choline-like diester neuromuscular blocking drug with an onset of action at equipotent doses that is comparable to atracurium and vecuronium but slower than succinylcholine. MIVACRON (a mixture of three stereoisomers) binds competitively to cholinergic receptors on the motor end-plate to antagonize the action of acetylcholine, resulting in a block of neuromuscular transmission. This action is antagonized by acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, such as neostigmine. MIVACRON is a short-acting neuromuscular blocking agent indicated for inpatients and outpatients, as an adjunct to general anesthesia, to facilitate tracheal intubation and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation.

Originator

Curator's Comment: The development of mivacurium represents a collaboration between industrial pharmacologists and chemists at Burroughs Wellcome Co. (USA) and investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Approval Year

TargetsConditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
MIVACRON

Approved Use

MIVACRON is a short-acting neuromuscular blocking agent indicated for inpatients and outpatients, as an adjunct to general anesthesia, to facilitate tracheal intubation and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation.

Launch Date

1992
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
504 ng/mL
0.15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 0.15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MIVACURIUM, CIS-CIS- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
2198 ng/mL
0.15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 0.15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MIVACURIUM, CIS-TRANS- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
4486 ng/mL
0.15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 0.15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MIVACURIUM, TRANS-TRANS- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
1.295 μg × min/mL
0.15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 0.15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MIVACURIUM, CIS-CIS- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
1.178 μg × min/mL
0.15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 0.15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MIVACURIUM, CIS-TRANS- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
2.932 μg × min/mL
0.15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 0.15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MIVACURIUM, TRANS-TRANS- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
28.5 min
0.15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 0.15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MIVACURIUM, CIS-CIS- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
2 min
0.15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 0.15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MIVACURIUM, CIS-TRANS- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
2.4 min
0.15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 0.15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MIVACURIUM, TRANS-TRANS- plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
0.2 mg/kg single, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 0.2 mg/kg
Route: intravenous
Route: single
Dose: 0.2 mg/kg
Sources: Page: p.12
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery
Sources: Page: p.12
Other AEs: Anaphylactic reaction...
Other AEs:
Anaphylactic reaction (grade 3-5)
Sources: Page: p.12
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Anaphylactic reaction grade 3-5
0.2 mg/kg single, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 0.2 mg/kg
Route: intravenous
Route: single
Dose: 0.2 mg/kg
Sources: Page: p.12
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery
Sources: Page: p.12
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Markedly prolonged paralysis after mivacurium in a patient apparently heterozygous for the atypical and usual pseudocholinesterase alleles by conventional biochemical testing.
1997 Feb
Potentiation of mivacurium by rocuronium is age- and time-dependent: a study in children, adolescents, and young and elderly adults.
1997 Jul
The effect of mivacurium pretreatment on intra-ocular pressure changes induced by suxamethonium.
1998 May
Organophosphorus pesticide-induced butyrylcholinesterase inhibition and potentiation of succinylcholine toxicity in mice.
1999
Distinct pharmacologic properties of neuromuscular blocking agents on human neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: a possible explanation for the train-of-four fade.
2006 Sep
Fresh frozen plasma transfusion for reversal of prolonged post-anaesthesia apnoea.
2008 Apr
Characterization of a novel BCHE "silent" allele: point mutation (p.Val204Asp) causes loss of activity and prolonged apnea with suxamethonium.
2014
Patents

Sample Use Guides

Adults Initial Doses Doses of 0.15 mg/kg administered over 5 to 15 seconds, 0.20 mg/kg administered over 30 seconds, or 0.25 mg/kg administered in divided doses (0.15 mg/kg followed in 30 seconds by 0.10 mg/kg) are recommended for facilitation of tracheal intubation for most patients
Route of Administration: Intravenous
In Vitro Use Guide
Curator's Comment: Left atrial preparations were stimulated by electrical field stimulation using a bipolar platinum electrode, and the effects of cumulative concentrations of nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents on the developed force in the presence and absence of propranolol (10(-8) M) and desipramine (10(-7) M) were recorded.
The left or right atria of rats were removed and suspended in organ baths. Mivacurium was added cumulatively (10(-9)-10(-5) M) in the presence and absence of the nonselective β-blocker propranolol (10(-8) M) and the noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor desipramine (10(-7) M), and heart rate changes were recorded in spontaneously beating right atria. Mivacurium increased developed force in a dose-dependent manner; the increases were significant at 10(-5) M concentration for mivacurium.
Name Type Language
MIVACURIUM CHLORIDE
INN   MART.   MI   ORANGE BOOK   USAN   VANDF   WHO-DD  
USAN   INN  
Official Name English
MIVACURIUM CHLORIDE [USAN]
Common Name English
mivacurium chloride [INN]
Common Name English
MIVACURIUM CHLORIDE [ORANGE BOOK]
Common Name English
MIVACURIUM CHLORIDE [MI]
Common Name English
BW-B109OU DICHLORIDE
Code English
BW-1090U DICHLORIDE
Code English
MIVACURIUM CHLORIDE [MART.]
Common Name English
BW B109OU DICHLORIDE
Code English
MIVACURIUM CHLORIDE [VANDF]
Common Name English
(R)-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRO-2-(3-HYDROXYPROPYL)-6,7-DIMETHOXY-2-METHYL-1-(3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZYL)ISOQUINOLINIUM CHLORIDE, (E)-4-OCTENEDIOATE
Common Name English
MIVACRON
Brand Name English
Mivacurium chloride [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
ISOQUINOLINIUM, 2,2'-((1,8-DIOXO-4-OCTENE-1,8-DIYL)BIS(OXY-3,1-PROPANEDIYL))BIS(1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRO-6,7-DIMETHOXY-2-METHYL-1-((3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)METHYL)-, DICHLORIDE, (R-(R*,R*-(E)))-
Common Name English
ISOQUINOLINIUM, 2,2'-(((4E)-1,8-DIOXO-4-OCTENE-1,8-DIYL)BIS(OXY-3,1-PROPANEDIYL))BIS(1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRO-6,7-DIMETHOXY-2-METHYL-1-((3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYPHENYL)METHYL)-, CHLORIDE (1:2), (1R,1'R)-
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
WHO-ATC M03AC10
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WHO-VATC QM03AC10
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NCI_THESAURUS C29696
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Code System Code Type Description
WIKIPEDIA
Mivacurium chloride
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SMS_ID
100000080901
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EVMPD
SUB09014MIG
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NCI_THESAURUS
C66169
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RXCUI
52796
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID5046649
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INN
6226
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CAS
106861-44-3
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FDA UNII
600ZG213C3
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MERCK INDEX
m7575
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DRUG BANK
DBSALT001359
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL1182833
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PUBCHEM
5281080
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USAN
Z-8
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