PROCAINE IN PORCINE MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA

Serum creatine phosphokinase, rectal temperature and muscle pH at death were measured in three halothane-susceptible Landrace pigs. Two of the pigs were treated with procaine. Although the course of the syndrome was different in the treated pigs, procaine did not reverse the established malignant hyperthermia syndrome. Procaine has been suggested for the treatment of malignant hyperthermia (MH) in man and the pi