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Status:
US Approved Rx (2012)
First approved in 1995

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Cisatracurium is a cis-cis isomer of atracurium and five time as potent as atracurium. The drug is approved by FDA and marketed under the name Nimbex. It is indicated as an adjunct to general anesthesia, to facilitate tracheal intubation, and to prov...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2016)
First approved in 1981

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Vecuronium is a neuromuscular blocking agent. Vecuronium operates by competing for the cholinoceptors at the motor end plate thereby exerting its muscle-relaxing properties which are used adjunctively to general anesthesia. Vecuronium is a bisquatern...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1990)
First approved in 1972

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Pancuronium (trademarked as Pavulon) is an aminosteroid muscle relaxant with various medical uses. Pancuronium is a typical non-depolarizing curare-mimetic muscle relaxant. It competitively inhibits the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at the neuromu...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2022)
First approved in 1952

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Succinylcholine also known as suxamethonium is a quaternary skeletal muscle relaxant usually used in the form of its halogen salt. It is is indicated under brand name anectine as an adjunct to general anesthesia, to facilitate tracheal intubation, a...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1955

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Hexafluorenium inhibits the enzyme cholinesterase in the plasms, but apparently not at the neuromuscular juntion. It also has some nondepolarizing activity (tubocurarine-like) at the postjunctional membrane. In man hexafluorenium potentiates the mus...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1945

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Tubocurarine, a naturally occurring alkaloid, is used to treat smoking withdrawl syndrom. Tubocurarine, the chief alkaloid in tobacco products, binds stereo-selectively to nicotinic-cholinergic receptors at the autonomic ganglia, in the adrenal medul...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)

Dimethyltubocurarine (metocurine) is a non-depolarizing muscle relaxant. It binds to muscle acetylcholine receptor by bridging the to alpha and non-alpha subunits from the ligand binding site. Dimethyltubocurarine was used as an anesthesia adjunct to...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Conditions:

Alcuronium (diallylnortoxiferine) is a semi-synthetic substance prepared from C-toxiferine I a bis-quaternary alkaloid obtained from Strychnos toxifera. Alcuronium is a neuromuscular blocking (NMB) agent, alternatively referred to as a skeletal musc...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Gallamine is a synthetic non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent. It has been used to produce relaxation of skeletal muscle during surgery.
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Status:
US Approved Rx (1997)
First approved in 1983

Class:
MIXTURE



Atracurium is an intermediate-duration, nondepolarizing, skeletal muscle relaxant for intravenous administration. It is used, as an adjunct to general anesthesia, to facilitate endotracheal intubation and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during ...

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