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Mivacurium

    Brands

    DEA Class;  Rx

    Common Brand Names; Mivacron

    •  Neuromuscular Blockers, Nondepolarizing
    Mivacurium is a short-acting non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent used to induce anesthesia during intubation and promote skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation

    It is used to calm muscles during surgery.

    It is used to calm muscles while on a breathing machine.

    Mivacron belongs to a class of drugs called Neuromuscular Blocking Agents.

    It is not known if Mivacron is safe and effective in children younger than 2 years of age

    MIVACRON is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to the product and its components.

    Consult your pharmacist or physician.

    Severe anaphylactic reactions to neuromuscular blocking agents, including MIVACRON, have been reported. These reactions have in some cases been life-threatening and fatal. Due to the potential severity of these reactions, the necessary precautions, such as the immediate availability of appropriate emergency treatment, should be taken. Precautions should also be taken in those individuals who have had previous anaphylactic reactions to other neuromuscular blocking agents since cross-reactivity between neuromuscular blocking agents, both depolarizing and nondepolarizing, has been reported in this class of drugs.

    Adults

    Doses of 0.15 mg/kg administered over 5 to 15 seconds, 0.2 mg/kg administered over 30 seconds, or 0.25 mg/kg administered in divided doses (0.15 mg/kg followed in 30 seconds by 0.1 mg/kg) are recommended for facilitation of tracheal intubation for most patients

    Mivacurium

    Injection, solution

    2 mg/1mL