Word: pancuronium
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Dates: during 1976-1976
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...investigation indicated that at least 18 of the victims-including nine of those who died-had been given Pavulon, or pancuronium bromide, a synthetic variant of curare, the lethal plant toxin used by South American Indians to tip poison darts. Anaesthesiologists sometimes administer Pavulon to surgical patients to relax their muscles, but hospital records showed that no doctor had prescribed its use on any of the victims...