What is Myasthenia-Gravis
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. At about 14 cases per 100,000 (in the U.S.), it is one of the lesser kno...
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Myasthenia Gravis Treatments
| Treatment | Description | Reviewed by | Helps | |
 | Mestinon | Pyridostigmine is used to treat muscle weakness in people with myasthenia gravis and ... Read Reviews | 283 Members | 88% of the time |
| Thymectomy | A thymectomy is an operation to remove the thymus gland. It usually results in remiss... Read Reviews | 122 Members | 85% of the time |
| IVIG | Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is a blood product used in the treatment of inflamm... Read Reviews | 99 Members | 82% of the time |
| Prednisone | Prednisone is a synthetic corticosteroid drug which is usually taken orally and can b... Read Reviews | 58 Members | 98% of the time |
| Azathioprine | Azathioprine is a chemotherapy drug, now rarely used for chemotherapy but more for im... Read Reviews | 58 Members | 60% of the time |
| Cellcept | Mycophenolic acid or mycophenolate is an immunosuppresant drug used to prevent reject... Read Reviews | 24 Members | 86% of the time |
| Plasmapheresis | Plasmapheresis is the removal, treatment, and return of (components of) blood plasma ... Read Reviews | 14 Members | 100% of the time |
| Cyclosporine | Ciclosporine is an immunosuppressant drug widely used in post-allogeneic organ transp... Read Reviews | 11 Members | 71% of the time |
| Positive Thinking | Positive thinking and a positive attitude may indeed have power. In recent years scie... Read Reviews | 7 Members | 86% of the time |
| Vitamin B12 | B12 deficiency is the cause of several forms of anemia. Read Reviews | 4 Members | 100% of the time |
| Neurontin | Gabapentin was initially synthesized to mimic the structure of GABA for the treatment... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
| Effexor | Venlafaxine hydrochloride belongs to class of antidepressants called serotonin-norepi... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
| Meditation | Meditation is the practice of focusing the mind, often formalized into a specific rou... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
| Relaxation | The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension;... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
| Methotrexate | Methotrexate, abbreviated MTX and formerly known as amethopterin, is an antimetabolit... Read Reviews | 2 Members | 100% of the time |
