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n. - A muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures.

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  • Forensic tests indicate he was first injected in the thigh with a fast-acting muscle relaxant called succinylcholine, which is said to be hard to detect.
  • The drug found in al-Mabhouh's bloodstream is known as succinylcholine and is frequently used by doctors to administer a breathing tube or anesthesia.
  • 1967: Researchers paralyze 64 prison inmates in California with a neuromuscular compound called succinylcholine, which produces suppressed breathing that feels similar...
  • The succinylcholine will wear off in another minute or two.
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