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Abstract
Drugs that interrupt transmission at the skeletal neuromuscular junction by causing sustained depolarization of the motor end plate. These agents are primarily used as adjuvants in surgical anesthesia to cause skeletal muscle relaxation.
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- Depolarizing Blockers
- Depolarizing Muscle Relaxants
- Muscle Relaxants, Depolarizing
- Agents, Neuromuscular Depolarizing
- Blockers, Depolarizing
- Depolarizing Agents, Neuromuscular
- Relaxants, Depolarizing Muscle
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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History Note
70; LEPTOCURARES was see NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS 1970-92; MUSCLE RELAXANTS was see under CURARE-LIKE AGENTS & MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL & NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS 1970-74, was heading 1963-69
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- Muscles (1966-1969)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009467. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009467
- Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50430102