| AIDSTRIALS | clinical trials of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome drugs [MEDLARS data base] |
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| BNDD | Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs |
| CSC | blow on blow (administration of small amounts of drugs at short intervals) [Fr. coup sur coup]; coll... |
| D&A | dilatation and aspiration; drugs and allergy |
| D&C | dilatation and curettage; drugs and cosmetics |
| neuromuscular blocking agents | Drugs that interrupt transmission of nerve impulses at the skeletal neuromuscular junction. They can be of two types, competitive, stabilizing blockers (neuromuscular nondepolarising agents) or noncompetitive, depolarising agents (neuromuscular depolarising agents). Both prevent acetylcholine from triggering the muscle contraction and they are used as anaesthesia adjuvants, as relaxants during electroshock, in convulsive states, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| nondepolarising neuromuscular blocking agent | A compound that paralyzes skeletal muscle primarily by inhibiting transmission of nerve impulses at the neuromuscular junction rather than by affecting the membrane potention of motor endplate or muscle fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |