Anectine
- Generic Name: succinylcholine chloride
- Brand Name: Anectine
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What Is Anectine?
Anectine (succinylcholine chloride) is a skeletal muscle relaxant for intravenous (IV) administration indicated as an adjunct to general anesthesia, to facilitate tracheal intubation, and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation.
What Are Side Effects of Anectine?
Common side effects of Anectine include muscle relaxation resulting in respiratory depression to the point of apnea (suspended or stopped breathing). Hypersensitivity reactions to Anectine, including severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis), may occur in rare instances. Tell your doctor if you have serious side effects of Anectine including:
- cardiac arrest,
- life threatening elevation in body temperature,
- abnormal heart rhythms,
- fast or slow heart rate,
- high or low blood pressure,
- high blood potassium,
- prolonged slow breathing,
- increased eye pressure,
- muscle twitching,
- jaw rigidity,
- postoperative muscle pain,
- breakdown of muscle tissue (rhabdomyolysis),
- excessive salivation, and
- rash
Dosage for Anectine
The dosage of Anectine is individualized and determined by the clinician after careful assessment of the patient. Anectine is only administered by a physician.
What Drugs, Substances, or Supplements Interact with Anectine?
Anectine may interact with promazine, oxytocin, antibiotics, quinidine, beta blockers, procainamide, lidocaine, trimethaphan, lithium carbonate, magnesium salts, quinine, chloroquine, isoflurane, desflurane, metoclopramide, and terbutaline. Tell your doctor all medications you are taking.
Anectine During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Anectine should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed. It is unknown whether Anectine can cause fetal harm. It is not known whether Anectine is excreted in human milk. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
Additional Information
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SIDE EFFECTS
Adverse reactions to succinylcholine consist primarily of an extension of its pharmacological actions. Succinylcholine causes profound muscle relaxation resulting in respiratory depression to the point of apnea; this effect may be prolonged. Hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis, may occur in rare instances. The following additional adverse reactions have been reported: cardiac arrest, malignant hyperthermia, arrhythmias, bradycardia, tachycardia, hypertension, hypotension, hyperkalemia, prolonged respiratory depression or apnea, increased intraocular pressure, muscle fasciculation, jaw rigidity, postoperative muscle pain, rhabdomyolysis with possible myoglobinuric acute renal failure, excessive salivation, and rash.
There have been post-marketing reports of severe allergic reactions (anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions) associated with use of neuromuscular blocking agents, including ANECTINE (succinylcholine chloride) . These reactions, in some cases, have been life-threatening and fatal. Because these reactions were reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not possible to reliably estimate their frequency (see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS).
Read the entire FDA prescribing information for Anectine (Succinylcholine Chloride)
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