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Decamethonium Iodide
Decamethonium is a depolarising neuromuscular blocker
with actions and uses similar to those of suxamethonium
chloride . The effect of a single intravenous injection
lasts for 15 to 20 minutes, but onset of action is slower than
with suxamethonium. It is excreted mainly in the urine as un-
changed drug. It is now used mainly as the iodide salt al-
though the bromide was also formerly employed.
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