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Vecuronium
Essential medicine status
Section:
20. Muscle relaxants (peripherally-acting) and cholinesterase inhibitors
ATC codes: M03AC03
EMLc
Indication
Muscle relaxants ICD11 code: XM1638330014
INN
Vecuronium bromide
Medicine type
Chemical agent
List type
Complementary (EML)
Core (EMLc)
Formulations
Parenteral > General injections > IV: 10 mg in vial powder for injection (vecuronium bromide)
EML status history
First added in 1991 (TRS 825)
Changed in 2005 (TRS 933)
Changed in 2007 (TRS 950)
Changed in 2021 (TRS 1035)
Changed in 2023 (TRS 1049)
Sex
All
Age
Also recommended for children
Therapeutic alternatives
Medicines within the same pharmacological class can be used
Therapeutic alternatives limitations
Therapeutic alternatives to be reviewed
Therapeutic alternatives limitations for EMLc
Therapeutic alternatives: atracurium
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
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Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
Following the review of the age-appropriateness of formulations on the EMLc, the Expert Committee recommended that atracurium be specified as a therapeutic alternative to vecuronium on the complementary list of the EMLc.