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Descriptor English:   Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents 
Descriptor Spanish:   Agentes no Despolarizantes Neuromusculares 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Agentes não Despolarizantes Neuromusculares 
Synonyms English:   Curare-Like Agents
Curariform Drugs
Muscle Relaxants, Non-Depolarizing
Neuromuscular Blocking Agents, Competitive  
Tree Number:   D27.505.696.663.700.710.575
Definition English:   Drugs that interrupt transmission at the skeletal neuromuscular junction without causing depolarization of the motor end plate. They prevent acetylcholine from triggering muscle contraction and are used as muscle relaxants during electroshock treatments, in convulsive states, and as anesthesia adjuvants. 
Indexing Annotation English:   GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; note X ref CURARE-LIKE AGENTS: consider also CURARE; DF: note short X ref
See Related English:   Nicotinic Antagonists
 
History Note English:   93; was CURARE-LIKE AGENTS 1970-92; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, POLARIZING was see NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS 1989-94; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS & PACHYCURARES were see CURARE-LIKE AGENTS 1975-92; CURARIFORM DRUGS was see under MUSCLE RELAXANTS 1963-69; MUSCLE RELAXANTS was see under CURARE-LIKE AGENTS & MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL & NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS 1970-74, was heading 1963-69; CURARIFORM ANTAGONISTS was heading 1963-69 
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Record Number:   30903 
Unique Identifier:   D003473 

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