Succinylcholine

Forensic tests indicate he was first injected in the thigh with a fast-acting muscle relaxant called succinylcholine, which is said to be hard to detect. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The drug found in al-Mabhouh's bloodstream is known as succinylcholine and is frequently used by doctors to administer a breathing tube or anesthesia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

1967: Researchers paralyze 64 prison inmates in California with a neuromuscular compound called succinylcholine, which produces suppressed breathing that feels similar to drowning. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nonpolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents such as succinylcholine can cause fasiculations, which are vaguely convulsive, but that is why polarizing agents such as rocuronium are used to suppress fasiculations, which can interfere with tracheal intubation (i.e., inserting a breathing tube). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The pharmacists' survey showed the biggest shortage in 2010 involved the drug succinylcholine, used in procedures to insert a tube into patients' airways to help them breathe. ❋ Jennifer Corbett Dooren (2011)

Separately, Dubai police said Sunday that forensic results showed the drug succinylcholine in Mr. Mabhouh's bloodstream at the time of his death, suggesting he had been incapacitated by the muscle relaxant before being suffocated. ❋ Chip Cummins (2010)

Then a Dubai forensic lab retesting his body fluids discovered traces of succinylcholine. ❋ Edward Jay Epstein (2010)

When I'm done, I load them up with succinylcholine, another paralytic, and stash them in an empty storeroom. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He had allegedly used succinylcholine to render her powerless. ❋ Ann Rule (2008)

In the history of crime—distant and current—there are several infamous murder cases involving succinylcholine, all of which were carried out by medical professionals. ❋ Ann Rule (2008)

The most likely drug that would have quickly paralyzed her and been difficult to detect on autopsy because small amounts are normally present in the human brain would have been succinylcholine. ❋ Ann Rule (2008)

Although the victims of succinylcholine poisoning cannot move even to blink an eye, they are fully conscious. ❋ Ann Rule (2008)

Reno detectives said that Augustine had died after being injected with succinylcholine, although it was first believed that the popular forty-two-year-old politician had suffered a heart attack. ❋ Ann Rule (2008)