Classification of Skeletal Muscle Relaxants

CLASSIFICATION

I. Neuromuscular blocking drugs

1. Nondepolarizing muscle relaxants

• Tubocurarine chloride

• Metocurine iodide

• Gallamine triethiodide

• Pancuronium bromide

• Hexafluoronium bromide

• Fazadinium bromide

• Alcuronium chloride

• Paucronium bromide

• Stercuronium iodide

2. Depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drugs

• Suxamethonium chloride or Succinyl choline chloride

• Suxethonium chloride

• Decamethonium bromide

II. Centrally acting muscle relaxants

a. Carbamates

b. Glycerol mono-ethers and analogues

c. Substituted alkanediols

d. Benzoxazole analogues

e. Heterocyclic bases

f. Imidazole analogue

g. Miscellaneous drugs