neuromuscular blocking agent

Also known as: curare-like drug, curariform drug

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In drug: Drugs that affect skeletal muscle
The action of competitive neuromuscular blocking drugs can be reversed by anticholinesterases, which inhibit the rapid destruction of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction and thus enhance its action on the muscle fibre. Normally this has little effect, but, in the presence of a competitive neuromuscular blocking agent, transmission can…
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