(succinylcholine chloride injection, USP)

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4 CONTRAINDICATIONS

4 CONTRAINDICATIONS

QUELICIN is contraindicated:

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in patients with skeletal muscle myopathies [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)]
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in patients with known hypersensitivity to succinylcholine. Severe anaphylactic reactions to succinylcholine have been reported [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)]
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after the acute phase of injury following major burns, multiple trauma, extensive denervation of skeletal muscle, or upper motor neuron injury, which may result in severe hyperkalemia and cardiac arrest [see Warnings and Precautions (5.4)]
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in patients with known or suspected genetic susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia [see Warnings and Precautions (5.5), Clinical Pharmacology (12.5)]

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