The Synapse Critical Care & Emergency Medicine Podcast

The Synapse Season 2 Episode 92 - Gantacurium...the Paralytic That Almost Could


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The search for a suitable replacement for Succinylcholine has been ongoing for decades...a non-depolarizing agent that has the same onset and duration times as Succinylcholine, but without all the nasty side effects...wouldn't that be wonderful? Especially if it was reversible??? Enter Gantacurium...well...it almost entered anyways. A bit of stage fright? Not so much. Join me on this episode as we discuss what this is and why it disappeared before it really ever appeared, and what comes next!

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The Synapse Critical Care & Emergency Medicine PodcastBy Matthew