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Can you tell me about which drugs are used to relax muscles during major surgery?
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Inhalation: Gases for general anesthesia relax muscles somewhat, local anesthetics used for major regional anesthesia cause muscle relaxation, and there are medications called muscle relaxants
Answered 7/24/2014
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