According to Medic8 Drug information: Pavulon also known as Pancuronium causes a 95% muscle relaxant. It diminishes the activity of the vagoytic nerve. (in the medical dictionary teh vagus nerve is a cranial (head) nerve that is connected to the brain. The vagus nerve has branches to most of the major organs in the body including the larynx, throat, windpipe, lungs, heart and most of the digestive system)Usual dosage for intubation and surgery is about 0.1mg, my mother was given 2mg not once but twice in less than a ten minute time frame. She arrived at the hospital at 9:30 according to chart notes but Pavulon in megadose was administered a ONE HOUR AND EIGHTEEN MINUTES LATER AND AGAIN SEVEN MINUTES LATER. SIDE EFFECTS ARE MODERATLEY RAISED HEART RATE,AND THEREBY ARTERIAL PRESSURE AND CARDIAC OUTPUT, EXCESSIVE SALAVATION ( I WAS CONSTANTLY WIPING THE SALIVA OFF MY MOTHER WHILE I WAS THERE) APNOEA AND RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION, RASHES, FLUSHING AND SWEATING. THE MUSCULAR RELAXATION CANBE DANGEROUS IN THE SERIOUSLY ILL AND IT CAN ACCUMULATE LEADING TO EXTENDED WEAKNESS." According to http://www.drugs.com/ppa/panacuronium-bromide.html it states that you have to "ensure that patient has adequate anesthesia or sedation BEFORE ADMINISTERING PANCUONUIM BECAUSE THE DRUG HAS NO KNOWN EFFECT ON CONSCIOUSNESS, PAIN THRESHOLD, OR CEREBRATION. For those of you not familiar with medical terminology it means the drug is not a pain med, the person can feel it all and be unable to express what they are feeling, they can't even blink their eyes. According to this information it is renally excreted. and may require LOWER doses or less frequent maintenance doses. and causes REPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY AND APNEA. That means unable to breathe on their own. It also specifically states that they are to ADVISE PATIENT, FAMILY OR CAREGIVER THAT MEDICATION WILL BE PREPARED AND ADMINISTERED BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IN A HEALTH SETTING...AND TO REASSURE PATIENT AND FAMILY AND CAREGIVER THAT BREATHING WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED AND SUPPORTED WHILE MEDICATION IS ADMINISTERED AND THAT BREATHING AND MUSCLE FUNCTION WILL RETURN TO NORMAL AFTER MEDICATION IS DISCONTINUED." Need I say more? Why the excessive dose? Why the witholding of information? This is a major breech of trust concerning the care given at Kennewick General Hospital...not to mention what my mother suffered physically during the time of 10:43 until she expired un-naturally heavily Paralized and finally allowed pain relief only for death.