Sodium nitroprusside
Medication
AHFS/Drugs.com: Monograph
ATC code: C02DD01 (WHO) QC02DD01 (vet)
Duration of action: 1 to 10 minutes
Elimination half-life: <2 minutes (3 days for thiocyanate metabolite)
Excretion: kidney (100%; as thiocyanate)
License data: US FDA: Nitroprusside
Metabolism: By haemoglobin being converted to cyanmethaemoglobin and cyanide ions