ABSTRACT

Trade name: Dantrium (Procter & Gamble) Other common trade names: Dantamacrin; Dantrolen Indications: Spasticity, malignant hyperthermia Category: Skeletal muscle relaxant Half-life: 8.7 hours Clinically important, potentially hazardous interactions with: verapamil

Reactions

Skin Acne

(1981): Pembroke AC+, Br J Dermatol 104, 465 (1980): Dykes MHM, JAMA 231, 862 Chills (1-10%) Dermatitis (sic) Diaphoresis Erythema Exanthems (1980): Dykes MHM, JAMA 231, 862 Photosensitivity Pruritus Rash (sic) (>10%) Urticaria

Hair Hair-growth

Other Anaphylactoid reactions

Dysgeusia Headache Malignant lymphoma (1980): Wan HH+, Postgrad Med J 56, 261 Myalgia Thrombophlebitis Tremor