Sugammadex Piramal

Sugammadex Piramal is a medicine used to reverse the effect of the muscle relaxants rocuronium and vecuronium. Muscle relaxants are medicines used during some types of operation to make the muscles relax, including the muscles that help the patient to breathe. Muscle relaxants make it easier for the surgeon to do the operation. Sugammadex Piramal is used to speed up the recovery from the muscle relaxant, usually at the end of the operation. Sugammadex Piramal can be used in adults who have received rocuronium and vecuronium, and in children from birth who have received rocuronium. Sugammadex Piramal contains the active substance sugammadex and is a ‘generic medicine’. This means that Sugammadex Piramal contains the same active substance and works in the same way as a ‘reference medicine’ already authorised in the EU. The reference medicine for Sugammadex Piramal is Bridion. For more information on generic medicines, see the question-and-answer document [here](https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/other/questions-and-answers-generic-medicines_en.pdf).