Lignocaine pretreatment for suxamethonium

Lignocaine pretreatment (2 mg/kg) significantly restricted the increase in serum potassium and decrease in serum calcium caused by suxamethonium. Suxamethonium muscle pains occurred in only 8% of patients who received lignocaine just before induction of anaesthesia. The incidence of muscle pains was 45% in those patients who were not given lignocaine.

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