Pancuronium bromide

Pancuronium
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: B2
Routes of
administration
Intravenous
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)
  • UK: POM (Prescription only)
  • US: ℞-only
Pharmacokinetic data
BioavailabilityNA
Protein binding77 to 91%
MetabolismHepatic
Elimination half-life1.5 to 2.7 hours
ExcretionRenal and biliary
Identifiers
  • [(2S,3S,5S,8R,9S,10S,13S,14S,16S,17R)-17-Acetyloxy-10,13-dimethyl-2,16-bis(pyridin-1-yl)-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl] acetate
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC35H60N2O4
Molar mass572.875 g·mol−1
  • InChI=1S/C35H60N2O4.2BrH/c1-24(38)40-32-21-26-13-14-27-28(35(26,4)23-31(32)37(6)19-11-8-12-20-37)15-16-34(3)29(27)22-30(33(34)41-25(2)39)36(5)17-9-7-10-18-36;;/h26-33H,7-23H2,1-6H3;2*1H/q+2;;/p-2/t26-,27+,28-,29-,30-,31-,32-,33-,34-,35-;;/m0../s1 ☒N
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Pancuronium (trademarked as Pavulon) is an aminosteroid muscle relaxant with various medical uses.[1] It is used in euthanasia and is used in some states as the second of three drugs administered during lethal injections in the United States.

  1. ^ Das GN, Sharma P, Maani CV (January 2021). "Pancuronium". StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing. PMID 30855929.