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Replacing Sux

Ian Seppelt trauma-list@trauma.org
Wed, 06 Feb 2002 10:47:48 +1100 

Don't know where your information came from. Sux is still being produced =
and remains the drug of choice for exactly the reasons you discuss. I agr=
ee with your logic and do the same myself - there is no sux alternative a=
vailable. The one possible contender was Rapacuronium (ORG 9786) which ha=
s just been withdrawn from the US market following bronchospastic deaths.=

Long may sux live,

Cheers, Ian

Ian Seppelt
Staff Specialist in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care,
The Nepean Hospital, Sydney.

>>> camillematt@bigpond.com 02/05/02 08:51pm >>>
Hi,=20
I am a Remote Area Nurse in Australia (600km from our regional hospital a=
nd 1500km to the nearest Level 1 facility) We have recently been advised =
the Sux is no longer being produced as the demand for it has reduced due =
the the major users prefering more long acting drugs. As a remote nurse I=
=20am often working alone or with one other (not always a nurse or doctor=
) and would prefer to use sux as it is short acting in case I can't get a=
=20tube in as atleast teh patient should start breathing by themselves in=
=20a short time rather than me having to bag teh patient whilst trying to=
=20do dozens of other things at teh same time. My question is does anyone=
=20know if sux is replacable by another drug with the same quick but shor=
t action that is stable enough to manage travel out to the clinic in vary=
ing temperatures over two days?
Thanks Matt Mason
Remote Area Nurse
Amata Clinic
Central Australia

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