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Prophylactic use of dantrolene associated with prolonged postanesthetic recumbency in a horse
A Valverde1, C J Boyd, D H Dyson
1Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|October 15, 1990
Abstract:
Dantrolene, a drug used in the prevention and treatment of malignant hyperthermia, was believed responsible for prolonged postanesthetic recumbency in a horse. Prophylactically, dantrolene was given orally before induction of anesthesia. Dantrolene has been recommended for use in horses at risk of developing postanesthetic myopathy. Side effects, including ataxia, may result from dantrolene administration.