Prostigmin


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Noun1.Prostigmin - a cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis
neostigmine
anticholinesterase - a medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect
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But three drugs - prostigmin, ephedrine and 34 DAP - have helped to restore a modicum of motor function in some instances.
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Walker's patient Dorothy Codling, a 34-year-old chambermaid, was later given subcutaneous prostigmin, and then three weeks later oral prostigmin (Mestinon).
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The action of eserine or prostigmin on the superior cervical ganglion.
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