Decamethonium
Decamethonium Brand names, Decamethonium Analogs
Decamethonium Brand Names Mixture
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Decamethonium Chemical_Formula
C16H38N2
Decamethonium RX_link
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Decamethonium fda sheet
Decamethonium msds (material safety sheet)
Decamethonium Synthesis Reference
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Decamethonium Molecular Weight
258.486 g/mol
Decamethonium Melting Point
268-270 oC
Decamethonium H2O Solubility
Substantial
Decamethonium State
Solid
Decamethonium LogP
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Decamethonium Dosage Forms
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Decamethonium Indication
For use as a skeletal muscle relaxant
Decamethonium Pharmacology
Decamethonium acts as a depolarizing muscle relaxant or neuromuscular blocking agent. It acts as an agonist of nicotinic acetycholine receptors in the motor endplate and causes depolarization. This class of drugs has its effect at the neuromuscular junction by preventing the effects of acetylcholine. Normally, when a nerve stimulus acts to contract a muscle, it releases acetylcholine. The binding of this acetylcholine to receptors causes the muscle to contract. Muscle relaxants play an important role in anesthesia even though they don't provide any pain relief or produce unconsciousness.
Decamethonium Absorption
Rapidly absorbed.
Decamethonium side effects and Toxicity
LD50=190 mg/kg (orally in mice). Prolonged apnoea, neuromuscular paralysis and cardiac arrest may occur.
Decamethonium Patient Information
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Decamethonium Organisms Affected
Humans and other mammals
