Suxamethonium chloride

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Suxamethonium chloride
Clinical data
Pronunciation/ˌsʌksɪnɪlˈkoʊliːn/
Trade namesQuelicin, Anectine, others
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
License data
Pregnancy
category
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intramuscular
ATC code
Legal status
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Pharmacokinetic data
BioavailabilityNA
MetabolismBy pseudocholinesterase, to succinylmonocholine and choline
Onset of action30–60 sec (IV), 2–3 min (IM)
Duration of action< 10 min (IV), 10–30 min (IM)
ExcretionKidney (10%)
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Suxamethonium chloride (brand names Scoline and Sucostrin, among others), also known as suxamethonium or succinylcholine, or simply sux in medical abbreviation,

into a muscle.[7] When used in a vein, onset of action is generally within one minute and effects last for up to 10 minutes.[7]

Common side effects include

allergic reactions.[8][9] It is not recommended in people who are at risk of high blood potassium or a history of myopathy.[6] Use during pregnancy appears to be safe for the baby.[10]

Suxamethonium is in the

skeletal muscles.[7]

Suxamethonium was described as early as 1906 and came into medical use in 1951.

generic medication.[7]

Medical uses

A vial of suxamethonium chloride

Succinylcholine chloride injection is indicated, in addition to general anesthesia, to facilitate tracheal intubation and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation.[9]

Its medical uses are limited to short-term muscle relaxation in

rocuronium in people without contraindications due to its faster onset of action and shorter duration of action.[12]

Suxamethonium is also commonly used as the sole muscle relaxant during electroconvulsive therapy, favoured for its short duration of action.[13]

Suxamethonium is quickly degraded by plasma butyrylcholinesterase and the duration of effect is usually in the range of a few minutes. When plasma levels of butyrylcholinesterase are greatly diminished or an atypical form is present (an otherwise harmless inherited disorder), paralysis may last much longer, as is the case in liver failure or in neonates.[14]

The vials are usually stored at a temperature between 2–8 °C, but issues have been reported with lower storage temperatures.[15] The multi-dose vials are stable for up to 14 days at room temperature without significant loss of potency.[4] Unless otherwise indicated in the prescribing information, room temperature for storage of medications is 15–25 °C (59–77 °F).[16]

Side effects

trauma, myopathy, and tetanus
.

Suxamethonium does not produce unconsciousness or anesthesia, and its effects may cause considerable psychological distress while simultaneously making it impossible for a patient to communicate. Therefore, administration of the drug to a conscious patient is contraindicated.[medical citation needed]

Hyperkalemia

The side effect of high blood potassium may occur because the acetylcholine

mEq per liter. Therefore, the increase in serum potassium level is usually not catastrophic in otherwise healthy patients. Severely high blood levels of potassium can cause changes in cardiac electrophysiology, which, if severe, can result in arrhythmias and even cardiac arrest.[18][19]

Malignant hyperthermia

oxidative metabolism. This overwhelms the body's capacity to supply oxygen, remove carbon dioxide
, and regulate body temperature, eventually leading to circulatory collapse and death if not treated quickly.

Susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia is often inherited as an

phenotype and genetically related to central core disease (CCD), an autosomal dominant disorder characterized both by MH symptoms and by myopathy. MH is usually unmasked by anesthesia, or when a family member develops the symptoms. There is no simple, straightforward test to diagnose the condition. When MH develops during a procedure, treatment with dantrolene
sodium is usually initiated; dantrolene and the avoidance of suxamethonium administration in susceptible people have markedly reduced the mortality from this condition.

Apnea

See also: Pseudocholinesterase deficiency

The normal short duration of action of suxamethonium is due to the rapid metabolism of the drug by non-specific plasma cholinesterases. However plasma cholinesterase activity is reduced in some people due to either genetic variation or acquired conditions, which results in a prolonged duration of neuromuscular block. Genetically, ninety six percent of the population have a normal (Eu:Eu) genotype and block duration; however, some people have atypical genes (Ea, Es, Ef) which can be found in varying combinations with the Eu gene, or other atypical genes (see

thyrotoxicosis, and cancer, as well as a number of other drugs.[20]

If unrecognized by a clinician it could lead to awareness if anesthesia is discontinued whilst still paralyzed or hypoxemia (and potentially fatal consequences) if artificial ventilation is not maintained. Normal treatment is to maintain sedation and ventilate the patient on an intensive care unit until muscle function has returned. Blood testing for cholinesterase function can be performed.[medical citation needed]

Mivacurium, a non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drug, is also metabolized via the same route with a similar clinical effect in patients deficient in plasma cholinesterase activity.[medical citation needed
]

Deliberate induction of conscious apnea using this drug led to its use as a form of aversion therapy in the 1960s and 1970s in some prison and institutional settings.[21][22][23] This use was discontinued after negative publicity concerning the terrifying effects on subjects of this treatment and ethical questions about the punitive use of painful aversion.[citation needed]

Mechanism of action

There are two phases to the blocking effect of suxamethonium.

Phase 1 block

Phase 1 blocking has the principal paralytic effect. Binding of suxamethonium to the

motor end-plate occurs and calcium is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.[24]

In normal skeletal muscle, acetylcholine dissociates from the receptor following depolarization and is rapidly hydrolyzed by acetylcholinesterase. The muscle cell is then ready for the next signal.[24]

Suxamethonium has a longer duration of effect than acetylcholine, and is not hydrolyzed by acetylcholinesterase. By maintaining the membrane potential above threshold, it does not allow the muscle cell to repolarize. When acetylcholine binds to an already depolarized receptor, it cannot cause further depolarization.[24]

Calcium is removed from the muscle cell

tetany following fasciculations.[citation needed
]

The results are membrane depolarization and transient fasciculations, followed by flaccid paralysis.

Phase 2 block

While this phase is not abnormal and is a part of its mechanism of action, it is undesirable during surgery[citation needed], due to the inability to depolarize the cell again.[24] Often, patients must be on a ventilator for hours if Phase 2 block occurs.[citation needed] It generally occurs when suxamethonium is administered multiple times, or during an infusion occurring over too much time, but can also occur during an initial bolus if the plasma cholinesterase is abnormal[24] Desensitization may occur at the nerve terminal causing the myocyte becomes less sensitive to acetylcholine, resulting in the membrane repolarizing and being unable be depolarized again for a period of time.[24]

Chemistry

Suxamethonium is an odorless, white

acetyl groups. It can also be viewed as a central moiety of succinic acid with two choline
moieties, one on each end.

History

Suxamethonium was first discovered in 1906 by Reid Hunt and René de M. Taveau. When studying the drug, animals were given curare and thus they missed the neuromuscular blocking properties of suxamethonium. Instead in 1949 an Italian group led by Daniel Bovet was first to describe succinylcholine induced paralysis. The clinical introduction of suxamethonium was described in 1951 by several groups. Papers published by Stephen Thesleff and Otto von Dardel in Sweden are important but also to be mentioned is work by Bruck, Mayrhofer and Hassfurther in Austria, Scurr and Bourne in UK, and Foldes in America.[26]

Abuse

assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, a Hamas operative, was carried out on their soil by Mossad agents with the use of suxamethonium chloride injection. Entering Dubai under false passports in 2010, the Mossad agents found al-Mabhouh at a hotel, immobilized him with the drug, electrocuted him, and suffocated him with a pillow. A high concentration of suxamethonium chloride was found in al-Mabhouh's body post-mortem. The incident triggered significant diplomatic crises in the Middle East, Europe, and Australia.[27][28]

It was used by serial killer Efren Saldivar (1988–1998), and in the murder of Kathy Augustine (2006).

Brand names

It is available in German-speaking countries under the trade name Lysthenon among others.[29]

Use in animals

It is sometimes used in combination with pain medications and sedatives for euthanasia and immobilization of horses.[citation needed]

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