Pseudocholinesterase deficiency is an inherited blood plasma enzyme abnormality. People who have this abnormality may be sensitive to certain anesthetic drugs, including the muscle relaxants succinylcholine and mivacurium as well as other ester local anesthetics. An exhaustive list of drugs that are normally metabolized by the pseudocholinesterase enzyme can be found in the following section.
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