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doxacurium /dox·a·cu·ri·um/ (dok″sah-ku´re-um) a long-acting neuromuscular blocking agent used as the chloride salt as a skeletal muscle relaxant during surgery and endotracheal intubation.

doxacurium,

a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker.

indications This drug is used to facilitate endotracheal intubation and skeletal muscle relaxation during mechanical ventilation, surgery, or general anesthesia.

contraindications Known hypersensitivity to this drug prohibits its use. This drug must not be used in neonates.

doxacurium [dok″sah-ku´re-um]

a long-acting neuromuscular blocking agent used as the chloride salt as a skeletal muscle relaxant during surgery and endotracheal intubation.

doxacurium

a long-acting, nondepolarizing muscle relaxant.

doxacurium

Anesthesiology A long-acting muscle relaxing anesthetic. See Muscle relaxant, Nondepolarizing agent. Cf Depolarizing agent.

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No references found			Strangely, doxacurium is included in the muscle relaxant section and not with the other neuromuscular blocking drugs. Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs Used in Anesthesia, 15th ed by Cass, N.M.; Cass, L. / Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Several other relaxants, mivacurium, pipercuronium and doxacurium have been made available in recent years and the modern anaesthetist can select from a wide range of neuromuscular blocking agents. Muscle relaxants--atracurium and other recent developments by Ball, C.; Westhorpe, R.N. / Anaesthesia and Intensive Care			dowel dowel graft down down feather Down Low Down Regulation down staging Down syndrome down-regulation down-time Downcoding Downer Downer Cattle downer cow syndrome Downey cell Downey cells Downgrading Reaction downhill vagina download downloading Downregulation Downs sheep Downstream Downstream Procedure downtime doxacurium doxapram doxapram hydrochloride doxazosin doxazosin mesylate doxepin doxepin HCl doxepin hydrochloride doxercalciferol Doxil Doxophobia doxorubicin DOXOrubicin hydrochloride doxycycline doxycycline calcium doxycycline hyclate doxycycline monohydrate doxylamine doxylamine succinate Doyen forceps Doyle's disease DP DP/PT DPA DPG DPH			dowsers dowses dowses dowses dowsing dowsing dowsing Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue dowsing rod dowsing rod Dowsing rods Dowsing rods Dowson Dowson Dowson, Ernest (Christopher) Dowson, Ernest (Christopher) Dowson, Ernest Christopher Dowst dowt dowted dowting Dowtonian DOWTS DOWTS Dowty prop Dowve DOWW DOWWA Dox DOX-T doxacurium Doxacurium chloride Doxacycline Doxacycline Doxadura Doxapram Doxapram Doxapram Doxapram Doxapram hydrochloride doxastic doxastic logic Doxazosin Doxazosin doxazosin mesylate doxazosin mesylate Doxbridge Doxbridge Doxen Doxen Doxen doxepin doxepin doxepin HCl doxepin hydrochloride doxepin hydrochloride Doxepine Doxepine doxercalciferol Doxiades, Constantinos Doxiadis, Constantinos Apostolos

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