Manufacturer: Neon Laboratories Ltd
Salt Composition : Suxamethonium(100mg)
Vial of 2ml Injection
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Myorelex 100mg Injection is administered by a healthcare professional. You should not self-administer this medicine at home. The dose and duration will depend on what you are taking it for and how well it helps your symptoms.
The most common side effects of this medicine include stomach pressure, excessive salivation, muscle twitching, and postoperative muscle pain. Other common side effects include increased intraocular pressure, slow heart rate, increased heart rate, flushing of the skin, high blood pressure, low blood pressure, rash, and increased potassium level in blood. If any of these side effects persist or get worse, you should let your doctor know. Your doctor may be able to suggest ways of preventing or reducing the symptoms.
Before using it, to make sure it is safe for you, you should let your doctor know if you have any other medical conditions or disorders. You should also tell your doctor all the other medicines you are using or taking. Pregnant and breastfeeding women should consult their doctors before using this medicine.
Myorelex 100mg Injection relaxes the muscles by blocking the impulses from the nerves.
Following intramuscular (IM) administration the onset of action occurs in about 2-3 minutes, with a duration ranging from 10-30 minutes. The duration of action is prolonged in patients with low plasma pseudocholinesterase concentration. Suxamethonium crosses the placenta, generally in small amounts.
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them
Common side effects of Myorelex
Stomach pressure
Excessive salivation
Muscle twitching
Postoperative muscle pain
Increased intraocular pressure
Slow heart rate
Increased heart rate
Flushing of skin
High blood pressure
Hypotension (low blood pressure)
Rash
Increased potassium level in blood
It is also contraindicated in patients after the acute phase of injury following major burns, multiple trauma, renal impairment with a raised plasma-potassium concentration, or in those with extensive muscle degeneration such as recent paraplegia and severe long-lasting sepsis because such patients may become severely .
Myorelex 100mg Injection may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.
It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Myorelex 100mg Injection. Please consult your doctor.
Myorelex 100mg Injection is probably safe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug does not represent any significant risk to the baby.
It is used in anaesthesia as a skeletal muscle relaxant to facilitate tracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation surgical procedures. Suxamethonium chloride injection is also used to reduce the intensity of muscular contractions associated with pharmacologically or electrically-induced convulsions.
suxamethonium. Prior administration of suxamethonium in patients intensifies the blocking effect of a subsequent dose of a non-depolarizing blocking drug, such as pan- curonium [1, 2], vecuronium [2—5] or atracurium
Kindly do not self administer.
Store below 30°C
Consult a doctor before taking any medicines.
Consult a doctor before taking any medicines.
Myorelex 100mg Injection is given as an injection into vein under the supervision of a doctor.
It makes you feel dizzy or drowsy. Do not drive until you know how Myorelex 100mg Injection affects you.
Your doctor will monitor your blood pressure regularly as the medicine may lead to high blood pressure.
Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.
Q. Why does Myorelex 100mg Injection cause bradycardia (abnormally slow heart beat)?
The initial metabolite of Myorelex 100mg Injection produces a transient negative chronotropic effect through its stimulation of sinus node muscarinic receptors. Repeated dosing or infusions of Myorelex 100mg Injection may lead to bradycardia that is appropriately treated with atropine
Q. Why does Myorelex 100mg Injection cause fasciculation (twitching of muscles under the skin)?
Myorelex 100mg Injection cause fasciculation by an action on some distal part of motor nerve fibres
Q. Is Myorelex 100mg Injection still used?
Myorelex 100mg Injection is still used during general anesthesia
Q. Is Myorelex 100mg Injection reversible?
Myorelex 100mg Injection is a short-acting muscle relaxant which exerts a depolarizing effect at the neuromuscular junction. This effect is not reversible pharmacologically
