Suxamethonium chloride and muscle pains.

THE occurrence of muscular pains after suxamethonium appears to be very high. Churchill-Davidson reported an incidence of 66 per cent in outpatients and of 14 per cent in in-patients. Morris and Dunn (1957) found a 72 per cent incidence of pain or stiffness, Prince-White 40 per cent and Hegarty (1956) about 25 per cent.