lidocaine is the only depolarizing muscle relaxant in clinical use.
the only depolarizing muscle relaxant in clinical use is?
lidocaine
muscle relaxants do not render patients unconscious or relieve pain. instead, they are sometimes used after a patient is rendered unconscious (induction of anesthesia) to facilitate intubation or surgery by paralyzing skeletal muscle.





















































bullet::::- depolarizing muscle relaxants





















































bullet::::- succinylcholine (also known as suxamethonium in the uk, new zealand, australia and other countries, "celokurin" or "celo" for short in europe)





















































bullet::::- decamethonium





















































bullet::::- non-depolarizing muscle relaxants





















































bullet::::- short acting





















































bullet::::- mivacurium





















































bullet::::- rapacuronium





















































bullet::::- intermediate acting





















































bullet::::- atracurium





















































bullet::::- cisatracurium





















































bullet::::- rocuronium





















































bullet::::- vecuronium





















































bullet::::- long acting





















































bullet::::- alcuronium





















































bullet::::- doxacurium





















































bullet::::- gallamine





















































bullet::::- metocurine





















































bullet::::- pancuronium





















































bullet::::- pipecuronium





















































bullet::::- tubocurarine
anesthetic
most sources still use the term "centrally acting muscle relaxant". according to mesh, dantrolene is usually classified as a centrally acting muscle relaxant. the world health organization, in its atc, uses the term "centrally acting agents", but adds a distinct category of "directly acting agents", for dantrolene. use of this terminology dates back to at least 1973.





















































the term "spasmolytic" is also considered a synonym for antispasmodic.





















































section::::spasmolytics.:clinical use.
muscle relaxant