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Short communication on erythrocyte membrane stabilization by decamethonium and succinylcholine
1Department of Pharmacology, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
The Central African Journal of Medicine
|May 1, 1994
Abstract:
The effects of decamethonium and succinylcholine on hypotonic haemolysis of erythrocytes were studied. These drugs at concentrations of 5 x 10(-8) M to 10(-4) M caused a dose dependent inhibition of haemolysis of erythrocytes in 0.45 pc NaCl but lysis occurred when the drug concentrations were increased to 10(-3) M. These results indicate that decamethonium and succinylcholine may have a membrane stabilization-lysis effect on erythrocytes.