"Pyridostigmine Bromide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cholinesterase inhibitor with a slightly longer duration of action than NEOSTIGMINE. It is used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis and to reverse the actions of muscle relaxants.
| Descriptor ID |
D011729
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.725.762.740
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pyridostigmine Bromide" by people in Profiles.
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A six-month randomized controlled trial of exercise and pyridostigmine in the treatment of fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Feb; 58(2):612-22.
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A combination of 6 months of treatment with pyridostigmine and triweekly exercise fails to improve insulin-like growth factor-I levels in fibromyalgia, despite improvement in the acute growth hormone response to exercise. J Rheumatol. 2007 May; 34(5):1103-11.
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Pyridostigmine treatment trial in neurogenic orthostatic hypotension. Arch Neurol. 2006 Apr; 63(4):513-8.