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Possible Interaction: Magnesium and Succinylcholine

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Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

There is little hard evidence that the small increase in intraocular pressure (IOP) seen after the use of suxamethonium … the injured eye and several strategies are available to limit this increase in IOP.2 In addition, magnesium decreases … suxamethonium,3 and is likely to limit … consequent on suxamethonium use.
British journal of anaesthesia  •  1997  |  View Paper
Magnesium is known to potentiate block produced by suxamethonium [4,5].
With the increased use of magnesium, it is possible that further cases similar to ours may be reported to support our hypothesis of a clinically significant drug interaction between magnesium and suxamethonium.
Anaesthesia  •  1994  |  View Paper
The results of all three methods demonstrated that the pharmacological interaction between suxamethonium and magnesium was antagonistic.
British journal of anaesthesia  •  1994  |  View Paper