Recent news on Succinylcholine

I-Team: Augustine Family Feud  -  25 May 2007
KLAS-TV,Chaz Higgs is charged with murdering Kathy Augustine by injecting her with a powerful paralytic drug called succinylcholine. Suspicions arose about the

No poison discovered in body of Charles Augustine  -  May 2, 2007
Reno Gazette Journal,Toxicology tests found no evidence of poisoning by succinylcholine or other drugs in the exhumed body of Charles Augustine.

Son not convinced by autopsy of Augustine's former husband  -  May 3, 2007
Reno Gazette Journal,He said the substance can derive from the metabolic breakdown of the powerful muscle relaxant succinylcholine but also can come from other sources.

No poison discovered in body of Charles Augustine  -  May 2, 2007
Reno Gazette Journal,Toxicology tests found no evidence of poisoning by succinylcholine or other drugs in the exhumed body of Charles Augustine, who was 63 when he died in 2003,

Man cleared in death of Nevada official, awaits trial in second case  -  May 2, 2007
Seattle Times,Authorities have reported finding traces of the powerful muscle relaxant succinylcholine in Kathy Augustine's body and have blamed Higgs for administering

Coroner: No poison in body of Nevada official's former husband  -  May 1, 2007
Las Vegas Sun,Authorities have reported the powerful muscle relaxant succinylcholine was in Kathy Augustine's body when she died July 11 at a Reno hospital at age 50.

Coroner: No poison in body of Nevada official's former husband  -  May 1, 2007
Las Vegas Sun,Authorities have reported finding traces of the powerful muscle relaxant succinylcholine in Kathy Augustine's body, and have blamed Higgs for administering

Coroner: No poison in body of Nevada official's first husband  -  May 1, 2007
KESQ,The county medical examiner found no evidence of succinylcholine (SUK'-seh-nil-KO'-leen), heavy metals, strychnine, cyanide or common drugs of abuse.

Power, Passion And Poison  -  May 4, 2007
CBS News,...had a powerful paralytic drug called succinylcholine in her system — a drug that if administered with intent to harm can stop a person from breathing.

Coroner: No poison in body of Kathy Augustine's former husband  -  May 3, 2007
KVBC,The county medical examiner found no evidence of succinylcholine, heavy metals, strychnine, cyanide or common drugs of abuse.

I-Team: Exclusive Look at an Interview With Chaz Higgs  -  May 3, 2007
KLAS-TV,The coroner says the investigation did specifically look for succinylcholine, which is the drug allegedly used to kill Kathy Augustine.

Slain Nev. pol's husband died naturally  -  May 1, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,Authorities have reported finding traces of the powerful muscle relaxant succinylcholine in Kathy Augustine's body and have blamed.

Sons of Charles Augustine Talk With Eyewitness News  -  May 2, 2007
KLAS-TV,Investigators say Chaz Higgs injected Kathy Augustine with a drug called succinylcholine and a by-product of the same drug was found during Charles

Coroner Releases Findings on Death of Charles Augustine  -  May 1, 2007
KRNV,There is no toxicologic evidence of poisoning by Succinylcholine, heavy metals, strychnine, cyanide or common drugs of abuse," said Telegenhoff.

In Corzine’s Recovery, Doctors Cite Grit and Luck  -  May 13, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,An anesthesiologist injected sodium pentothal, a rapidly acting barbiturate, to put Mr. Corzine to sleep, and succinylcholine, a muscle relaxant,

Research Reveals Way To Speed Up Treatment Of Deadly Malignant ...  -  May 12, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Malignant hyperthermia is a silent, inherited metabolic disorder of the muscle that is triggered by specific inhaled anesthetics or succinylcholine and can

Power, Passion And Poison  -  May 5, 2007
CBS News,Two months later, toxicology reports confirmed the presence of a powerful paralytic drug called succinylcholine. Proof, Jenkins says, that Kathy had been

Lab patient put through paces  -  May 1, 2007
Deseret News,Jean Wingate and Aimee Snyder tried to shock his heart back into a normal rhythm, and Aiken gave him succinylcholine. Still a crisis. So Snyder started CPR,

Chaz Higgs leaves jail  -  Mar 27, 2007
Reno Gazette Journal,The nurse also said Higgs said the best way to murder someone was with a drug called succinylcholine because it is difficult to detect.

Cost of Smith Query Small, Officials Say  -  Mar 28, 2007
Lakeland Ledger,And Perper ordered additional tests, such as those for succinylcholine, a muscle relaxant that has been linked with some murders, not to mention those for

ECT in Patients With Intracranial Masses  -  Apr 12, 2007
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)Anesthesia technique included glycopyrrolate as antisialogogue, thiopental for induction, and succinylcholine for neuromuscular blockade.

Woman pleads guilty to poisoning stepfather  -  Apr 2, 2007
FayObserver.com,She went online, and using Croxton’s credit card bought chloroform, which causes unconsciousness and death, and succinylcholine chloride, which leaves a

Dateline NBC Covers Kathy Augustine Investigation  -  Jan 16, 2007
KRNV,Augustine died in July, after investigators say her husband Chaz Higgs gave her a shot of a lethal paralyzing drug called succinylcholine.

State official's husband suspected of killing her with drug injection  -  Dec 31, 2006
Reno Gazette Journal,The nurse testified that Higgs said the best way to kill someone was by injecting them with the drug succinylcholine -- a paralytic drug difficult to detect

Higgs pleads not guilty to murder of former Nevada controller  -  Dec 22, 2006
Las Vegas Sun,He also said he would argue that the conclusions of a forensic pathologist were based on a suspect FBI laboratory analysis that said succinylcholine and

Higgs Pleads Not Guilty to Augustine's Murder  -  Dec 22, 2006
KRNV,Prosecutors allege Higgs, a critical care nurse, poisoned Augustine with succinylcholine, called "sux" by medical workers.

Higgs Pleads Not Guilty  -  Dec 22, 2006
KOLO,Prosecutors allege Higgs, a critical care nurse, poisoned Augustine with succinylcholine called "sux" by medical workers. Higgs, a 42-year-old critical care

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, CHU Jean ...  -  Jan 2, 2007
AEM (subscription)Ricard-Hibon A, Chollet C, Leroy C, Marty J. Succinylcholine improves the time of performance of a tracheal intubation in prehospital critical care medicine

Top 10 stories of 2006  -  Dec 24, 2006
Nevada Appeal,...told a co-worker the day before Augustine was hospitalized he would use that drug, succinylcholine, if he ever wanted to kill someone.

Higgs pleads not guilty to murder of former Nevada controller  -  Dec 22, 2006
Las Vegas Sun,He also said he would argue that the conclusions of a forensic pathologist were based on a suspect FBI laboratory analysis that said succinylcholine and

Higgs Pleads Not Guilty to Augustine's Murder  -  Dec 22, 2006
KRNV,Prosecutors allege Higgs, a critical care nurse, poisoned Augustine with succinylcholine, called "sux" by medical workers.

Higgs Pleads Not Guilty  -  Dec 22, 2006
KOLO,Prosecutors allege Higgs, a critical care nurse, poisoned Augustine with succinylcholine called "sux" by medical workers. Higgs, a 42-year-old critical care

Nurse testifies Higgs made suspicious comments  -  Dec 8, 2006
Reno Gazette Journal,..."He said if you want to get rid of somebody, you just hit them with 'succs,'" or succinylcholine, a paralyzing drug, which was found in a urine sample of

Nevada official's husband bound over for murder trial  -  Dec 7, 2006
Las Vegas Sun,Kim Ramey said she was "sickened" when Higgs talked about succinylcholine, called "sux" by medical workers, while the two were working at a Carson City

Official's death spurs changes in Nev.  -  Dec 18, 2006
Mohave Valley News,Nurses who needed succinylcholine had been able to enter a password and enter a refrigerator where the drug was stored, said Alexia Bratiotis,

Chaz Higgs' lawyer asks judge to postpone preliminary hearing  -  Dec 6, 2006
Reno Gazette Journal,27, Dr. Madeline Montgomery reported she had identified succinylcholine and succinylmonocholine, the drug's metabolite, in the urine sample.

Judge refuses to delay case involving death of Nevada controller  -  Dec 5, 2006
Las Vegas Sun,The report found both succinylcholine and succinylmonocholine, a breakdown product of the drug, in a urine sample taken before Augustine died.

Kathy Augustine's husband bound over for murder trial  -  Dec 7, 2006
KVBC,Kim Ramey said Higgs mentioned succinylcholine, called "sux" by medical workers, while the two were working at a Carson City hospital on July 7th,

Witness: Chaz Higgs Talked About Ways To Kill  -  Dec 7, 2006
KRNV,Kim Ramey, testifying at Higgs' preliminary hearing in Reno Justice Court, said Higgs mentioned succinylcholine, called "suks" by medical workers,

Preliminary hearing for Kathy Augustine's husband underway in Reno  -  Dec 7, 2006
KVBC,This morning Kim Ramey, a fellow nurse of Higgs', testified that he told her how he would kill someone with the drug succinylcholine if he needed to because

Top 10 stories of 2006  -  Dec 24, 2006
Nevada Appeal,...told a co-worker the day before Augustine was hospitalized he would use that drug, succinylcholine, if he ever wanted to kill someone.

Yeah, death is cruel sometimes  24 Sep 2006
Of course. But life without parole approaches the same promise without forcing the state to load up a syringe with succinylcholine chloride. ... -Baltimore Sun

Nurse testifies Higgs made suspicious comments  -  Dec 8, 2006
Reno Gazette Journal,..."He said if you want to get rid of somebody, you just hit them with 'succs,'" or succinylcholine, a paralyzing drug, which was found in a urine sample of

Nevada official's husband bound over for murder trial  -  Dec 7, 2006
Las Vegas Sun,Kim Ramey said she was "sickened" when Higgs talked about succinylcholine, called "sux" by medical workers, while the two were working at a Carson City

Chaz Higgs' lawyer asks judge to postpone preliminary hearing  -  Dec 6, 2006
Reno Gazette Journal,27, Dr. Madeline Montgomery reported she had identified succinylcholine and succinylmonocholine, the drug's metabolite, in the urine sample.

Judge refuses to delay case involving death of Nevada controller  -  Dec 5, 2006
Las Vegas Sun,The report found both succinylcholine and succinylmonocholine, a breakdown product of the drug, in a urine sample taken before Augustine died.

Kathy Augustine's husband bound over for murder trial  -  Dec 7, 2006
KVBC,Kim Ramey said Higgs mentioned succinylcholine, called "sux" by medical workers, while the two were working at a Carson City hospital on July 7th,

Witness: Chaz Higgs Talked About Ways To Kill  -  Dec 7, 2006
KRNV,Kim Ramey, testifying at Higgs' preliminary hearing in Reno Justice Court, said Higgs mentioned succinylcholine, called "suks" by medical workers,

Preliminary hearing for Kathy Augustine's husband underway in Reno  -  Dec 7, 2006
KVBC,This morning Kim Ramey, a fellow nurse of Higgs', testified that he told her how he would kill someone with the drug succinylcholine if he needed to because

AUGUSTINE DEATH : Forensic testing questioned  -  Nov 20, 2006
Las Vegas Review-Journal,Reno defense attorney Dave Houston said that typically during a homicide investigation in which succinylcholine poisoning is suspected, tissue samples are

Lawyer argues Augustine murder case not built on science  -  Nov 22, 2006
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza,Reno defense attorney Dave Houston said testing for succinylcholine typically requires tissue samples from the injection site and testing of the victim's

Higgs' Attorney Questions Evidence in Kathy Augustine's Death  -  Nov 21, 2006
KRNV,He says the testing for succinylcholine typically requires tissue samples from the injection site, as well as the testing of the victim's organs.

Lawyer questions evidence in death of Nevada state controller  -  Nov 20, 2006
KESQ,The lawyer for Chaz Higgs says testing for succinylcholine (SUCK-sin-ill-COH'-leen) typically requires tissue samples from the injection site and testing of

Nevada official's death still a mystery  -  Nov 13, 2006
Market-Day.net,Paramedics and doctors found that Augustine had been injected with succinylcholine, a drug that is administered during surgery to prevent the patent from

Will extreme measures work where normal ones haven't?  Jul 11, 2006
I feel lightheaded. After they put you to sleep, the doctor administers succinylcholine, a muscle relaxant that paralyzes you and makes your calf ripple. ... -OCRegister

Avera Pharmaceuticals Completes Successful Phase 2 Study of ...  Jun 27, 2006
...of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification 1 and 2 (healthy or mild systemic disease), who were given gantacurium, succinylcholine or placebo. ... -Genetic Engineering News



Rocuronium Is Not Associated with More Vocal Cord Injuries than ...  Feb 21, 2006
Thus, we tested the hypothesis that a rapid-sequence induction (RSI) with succinylcholine would lead to less PH and VCI than with rocuronium. ... - Anesthesia & Analgesia (subscription),

Informed Awareness: Is It Ethical?  Feb 22, 2006
...function) and an experimental situation that puts humans at a significant risk of complications (ie, giving paralyzing doses of succinylcholine to awake ... - Anesthesia & Analgesia (subscription),

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