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- Standard Intubation Dose: 0.6 mg/kg
- Rapid Sequence Intubation Dose: 1.2 mg/kg
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| duration = 35-75 minutes (Dose Dependent)
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| time_onset = Standard Intubating Dose: 1.5 minutes
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| mechanism = Nicotinic acetylcholine antagonism
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Rocuronium is an intermediate duration non-depolarizing muscle relaxant.  


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Rocuronium is a competitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist. By blocking acetylcholine from binding it inhibits depolarization.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Butterworth IV|first=John F.|title=Neuromuscular Blocking Agents|date=2022|url=http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190604416|work=Morgan & Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology|edition=7|place=New York, NY|publisher=McGraw-Hill Education|access-date=2022-12-22|last2=Mackey|first2=David C.|last3=Wasnick|first3=John D.}}</ref>


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====Adverse effects<!-- Describe any potential adverse effects of the drug. -->====


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===Pharmacokinetics<!-- Describe the pharmacokinetics of the drug. -->===
Onset for 0.6 - 0.8 mg/kg Dose: 1.5 minutes
Onset for 0.9 - 1.2 mg/kg Dose: 60 - 90 seconds<ref name=":0" />


==Chemistry and formulation<!-- Describe the chemistry and formulation of the drug. -->==
==Chemistry and formulation<!-- Describe the chemistry and formulation of the drug. -->==
Monoquaternary steroid non-depolarizing muscle relaxant.<ref name=":0" />


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==History<!-- Describe the historical development of the drug. -->==

Revision as of 11:56, 22 December 2022

Rocuronium
Trade names

Zemuron

Rocuronium.svg
Clinical data
Drug class

Neuromuscular blocker

Routes of administration

Intravenous

Dosage

Intravenous - Standard Intubation Dose: 0.6 mg/kg - Rapid Sequence Intubation Dose: 1.2 mg/kg - Defasciculating Dose: 0.1 mg/kg

Dosage
Pharmacodynamics
Mechanism of action

Nicotinic acetylcholine antagonism

Pharmacokinetics
Onset of action

Standard Intubating Dose: 1.5 minutes Rapid Sequence Induction Dose: 90 seconds

Duration of action

35-75 minutes (Dose Dependent)

Physical and chemical data
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Rocuronium is an intermediate duration non-depolarizing muscle relaxant.

Uses

Contraindications

Absolute contraindications

Precautions

Pharmacology

Pharmacodynamics

Mechanism of action

Rocuronium is a competitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist. By blocking acetylcholine from binding it inhibits depolarization.[1]

Adverse effects

Pharmacokinetics

Onset for 0.6 - 0.8 mg/kg Dose: 1.5 minutes

Onset for 0.9 - 1.2 mg/kg Dose: 60 - 90 seconds[1]

Chemistry and formulation

Monoquaternary steroid non-depolarizing muscle relaxant.[1]

History

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Butterworth IV, John F.; Mackey, David C.; Wasnick, John D. (2022), "Neuromuscular Blocking Agents", Morgan & Mikhail’s Clinical Anesthesiology (7 ed.), New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education, retrieved 2022-12-22