Used to provide skeletal muscle relaxation as an adjunct to general anesthesia, for endotracheal intubation or to facilitate mechanical ventilation. (en)
Doxacurium chloride binds competitively to cholinergic receptors on the motor end-plate to antagonize the action of acetylcholine, resulting in a block of neuromuscular transmission (non-depolarizing). This action is antagonized by acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, such as neostigmine. (en)
In vivo data from humans suggest that NUROMAX is not metabolized and that the major elimination pathway is excretion of unchanged drug in urine and bile. (en)