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Pyridostigmine is used to treat muscle weakness in people with myasthenia gravis and to combat the effects of curariform drug toxicity. It also has a military use as a nerve gas antidote (it has been used in particular during the first Gulf War). more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Myasthenia Gravis | 266 |
88% |
| Depression - Teen | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 88% (267
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Mestinon Reviews
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I have gone form taking every four hours to every 2 hours.. Time release has stopped working all together.
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I have had good results, Just have to take so much
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I have not taken it in years I hated the side affects. I am considering tacking it again.
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I take 2 and 1/4 pills every three hours. Without it I would not be able to do anything. Side effects are excessive sweating on my hands and feet, stomach pain and excessive saliva.
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I take Mestinon (NOW) 60mg 6-8 times/day. As long as I keep someting in my stomach, I do not get the diahrea side effect very often. Occasionally, I have dosed too soon and have about an hour of worsening of sx's of MG. Overall it has been good. I take the BRAND form vs Generic because I have a much BETTER outcome with the BRAND name product.
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Works for weakness, after 13 years started causing stomach issues.
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just starting again
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It doesn't help my eye fatigue. I'm still dragging through the day. The doctor up my dose from 2 60 mg. tablets a day to 4 60 mg. I don't really notice i difference. It works a little better than if I wasn't taking anything. I do have to eat something when I take it.
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mestinon works but sometimes needs a litle help, like prednisone. one can overdose on mestinon which is called a crisis. This is when breathing is a... [More] -
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Where are you located, Tesb? In my country, Mestinon is known as Gravitor and comes as a 60 mg pill. Easy to break. What does one mean by timespan??? [More] -
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Just FYI, both the specialists my daughter has seen at UCDavis and at Stanford say they won't use timespan Mestinon because of the inconsistency of th... [More] -
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i take mestinon and mine is mfg...by Global...i just looked on my pill bottle...If u have a walgreens then u can ask n the pharmecy department... [More] -
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The MG Association here in Kansas sent an alert to all of us about a brand called Glbal. I was getting this brand and found my pills were crumbling al... [More]
