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Last Updated: June 5, 2026 TL;DR: Atracurium Besylate Injection — a sterile aqueous solution of the non-depolarising neuromuscular blocking agent atracurium besylate, supplied most commonly as a 10 mg/mL solution in 2.5 mL and 5 mL ampoules for intravenous administration — is a core anaesthesia and critical-care agent used to provide skeletal-muscle relaxation for tracheal intubation, to facilitate surgery and controlled mechanical ventilation, and to support intubated patien

Last Updated: June 5, 2026 TL;DR: Etamsylate Injection — a sterile aqueous solution of the capillary haemostatic agent etamsylate (ethamsylate), supplied most commonly as a 250 mg/2 mL (125 mg/mL) solution in amber-glass ampoules for intravenous or intramuscular administration — is a widely used agent for the prevention and control of capillary bleeding: menorrhagia and other gynaecological haemorrhage, surgical and post-operative capillary oozing, epistaxis, haematuria and t

Last Updated: June 4, 2026 TL;DR: Dicyclomine HCl Injection — a sterile aqueous solution of the anticholinergic antispasmodic dicyclomine (dicycloverine) hydrochloride, supplied most commonly as a 10 mg/mL solution in 2 mL ampoules for intramuscular administration — is a widely used agent for the relief of smooth-muscle spasm in functional gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome, and in intestinal, biliary and renal colic. As a tertiary-amine antimuscarini

Last Updated: June 4, 2026 TL;DR: Drotaverine HCl Injection — a sterile aqueous solution of the smooth-muscle antispasmodic drotaverine hydrochloride, supplied most commonly as a 40 mg/2 mL (20 mg/mL) solution in amber-glass ampoules for slow intravenous or intramuscular administration — is a widely used agent for the rapid relief of acute smooth-muscle spasm: biliary and renal (ureteric) colic, gastrointestinal and gastric spasm, dysmenorrhoea and spastic pain in obstetric a

Last Updated: June 3, 2026 TL;DR: Fluphenazine Decanoate Injection — a sterile oily depot solution of the long-acting phenothiazine antipsychotic fluphenazine decanoate, supplied most commonly as a 25 mg/mL solution in a sesame-oil or other oily vehicle in 1 mL and 10 mL ampoules and vials for deep intramuscular injection — is a cornerstone of maintenance treatment for schizophrenia and other chronic psychotic disorders. As a decanoate ester dissolved in an oily vehicle, it i

Last Updated: June 3, 2026 TL;DR: Sodium Stibogluconate Injection — a sterile aqueous solution of the pentavalent antimonial antileishmanial sodium stibogluconate, supplied most commonly as a solution containing 100 mg/mL of pentavalent antimony (Sb-V) in multi-dose vials and ampoules for slow intravenous or intramuscular administration — is a first-line agent against leishmaniasis in much of the endemic world: visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar), cutaneous leishmaniasis and m