Chemically, dantrolene is a hydantoin derivative, but does not exhibit antiepileptic activity like other hydantoin derivates such as phenytoin.
For use, along with appropriate supportive measures, for the management of the fulminant hypermetabolism of skeletal muscle characteristic of malignant hyperthermia crises in patients of all ages. Also used preoperatively, and sometimes postoperatively, to prevent or attenuate the development of clinical and laboratory signs of malignant hyperthermia in indi...
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
UMASS Medical School / UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
UMASS Memorial Medical Center/UMASS Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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