Pharmacologic Substance
methoxyflurane
Effect:
Cerebral Arterial Vasoconstriction; Decreased Medullary Respiratory Drive; Vasodilation
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Definitions related to methoxyflurane:
  • An inhalation anesthetic. Currently, methoxyflurane is rarely used for surgical, obstetric, or dental anesthesia. If so employed, it should be administered with NITROUS OXIDE to achieve a relatively light level of anesthesia, and a neuromuscular blocking agent given concurrently to obtain the desired degree of muscular relaxation. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p180)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Highly potent inhalation anesthetic used primarily to produce analgesia during the first stage of labor; use limited by dose related nephrotoxicity.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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