Pyridostigmine (bromide)

Pyridostigmine (bromide)

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Pyridostigmine is an inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE; IC50s = 0.35 and 1 ?M, respectively, for the human enzymes).{38659} Pyridostigmine (10 µM) reduces decreases in AChE activity induced by the organophosphate pesticides diisopropyl fluorophosphate, chlorpyrifos-oxon, diazinon-oxon, paraoxon, and malaoxon in isolated bovine red blood cells.{38660} It also reduces soman-induced membrane depolarization and decreases in AChE activity in isolated human muscle bundles in a concentration-dependent manner.{38661} Pyridostigmine (3 mg/kg per day for four weeks) prevents tachycardia and increases in sympathetic tone in mice following myocardial infarction induced by left coronary artery ligation.{38662} Formulations containing pyridostigmine have been used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis and as neuromuscular protective agents against organophosphate poisoning.

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