SOCIAL QUESTIONS|health|pharmaceutical industry
- blocálaí néaramhatánach Tagairt Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
- ga
- neuromuscular blocking drug | neuromuscular blocking agent | neuromuscular junction blocking agent
- en
- Sainmhíniú "any drug which blocks neuromuscular transmission at the neuromuscular junction [ IATE:1232550 ] causing paralysis of the affected skeletal muscles" Tagairt "Wikipedia. Neuromuscular-blocking drug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromuscular-blocking_drug [16.5.2012]"
- Nóta This is accomplished either by acting presynaptically via the inhibition of acetylcholine (ACh) synthesis or release or by acting postsynaptically at the acetylcholine receptors of the motor nerve end-plate. While there are drugs that act presynaptically (such as botulinum toxin and tetanus toxin), the clinically-relevant drugs work postsynaptically.In clinical use, neuromuscular block is used adjunctively to anesthesia to produce paralysisThese drugs fall into two groups: 1) Depolarising blocking agents 2) Non-depolarising blocking agents