What is the sucol drug?: A Closer Look at Succinylcholine
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First introduced in the 1950s, the sucol drug, known generically as succinylcholine, is a powerful depolarizing neuromuscular blocker that induces rapid, short-term muscle paralysis for medical procedures. Given intravenously, its fast onset makes it particularly useful for emergency airway management and for providing skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery.
