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Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents
Curare-Like Agents | Curariform Drugs | Muscle Relaxants, Non-Depolarizing | Neuromuscular Blocking Agents, Competitive | Nondepolarizing Blockers | Agents, Curare-Like | Agents, Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing | Blockers, Nondepolarizing
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. |
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