NEWS HIGHLIGHTSMedia Articles Related to Mestinon (Pyridostigmine)
pyridostigmine-oral, Mestinon
Source: MedicineNet Myasthenia Gravis Specialty [2005.03.02]
Title: pyridostigmine-oral, Mestinon
Category: Medications
Created: 3/2/2005
Last Editorial Review: 3/2/2005
Myasthenia Gravis
Source: MedicineNet Hemapheresis Specialty [2007.12.19]
Title: Myasthenia Gravis
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 12/19/2007
Published Studies Related to Mestinon (Pyridostigmine)
Efficacy of 3,4-diaminopyridine and pyridostigmine in the treatment of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study. [2009.07]
3,4-Diaminopyridine and pyridostigmine are widely used to treat Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS), either alone or in combination... Therefore, we performed a placebo-controlled, double-dummy, double-blind, randomized, crossover study in nine patients with LEMS.
The effect of oral buspirone, pyridostigmine, and bethanechol on esophageal function evaluated with combined multichannel esophageal impedance-manometry in healthy volunteers. [2009.03]
BACKGROUND: There is limited information on medications with promotility effects on the esophagus. Studies in healthy volunteers have shown the potential role of the direct cholinergic agonist bethanechol and the serotonin receptor agonist buspirone in improving esophageal motility. It has been also shown that an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, the short-acting drug edrophonium administered intravenously caused a greater increase in the esophageal contraction amplitude and duration than bethanechol. Edrophonium cannot be used as a promotility therapy owing to short duration of action and lack of oral administration. The use of another acetylcholinesterase inhibitor pyridostygmine with longer duration of action has not been studied. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of oral pyridostygmine (60 mg), buspirone (20 mg), and bethanechol (25 mg) on esophageal function assessed by combined multichannel intraluminal impedance-esophageal manometry... CONCLUSIONS: Oral pyridostygmine, buspirone, and bethanechol enhance esophageal motility with pyridostygmine appearing to have the greatest effect. A potential effect on improving esophageal function and symptoms in patients requires further study.
A six-month randomized controlled trial of exercise and pyridostigmine in the treatment of fibromyalgia. [2008.02]
OBJECTIVE: A subset of fibromyalgia (FM) patients have a dysfunctional hypothalamic-pituitary-insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) axis, as evidenced by low serum levels of IGF-1 and a reduced growth hormone (GH) response to physiologic stimuli. There is evidence that pyridostigmine (PYD) improves the acute response of GH to exercise in FM patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of 6 months of PYD and group exercise on FM symptoms... CONCLUSION: Neither the combination of PYD plus supervised exercise nor either treatment alone yielded improvement in most FM symptoms. However, PYD did improve anxiety and sleep, and exercise improved fatigue and fitness. We speculate that PYD may have improved vagal tone, thus benefiting sleep and anxiety; this notion warrants further study.
Effect of acetylcholinesterase inhibition with pyridostigmine on cardiac parasympathetic function in sedentary adults and trained athletes. [2007.07]
Heart rate variability and postexercise heart rate recovery are used to assess cardiac parasympathetic tone in human studies, but in some cases these indexes appear to yield discordant information.The lesser effect of pyridostigmine on either measure of cardiac parasympathetic tone in the trained athletes indicates that the enhanced parasympathetic tone associated with exercise training is at least partially attributable to adaptations in the efferent parasympathetic pathway.
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. [2007.05]
OBJECTIVE: People with fibromyalgia (FM) often have low insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels and a suboptimal growth hormone (GH) response to acute exercise. As previous work had demonstrated a normalization of the acute GH response to exercise with the use of pyridostigmine (PYD), we tested the hypothesis that 6 months of PYD therapy plus supervised exercise would increase IGF-I levels... CONCLUSION: A combination of triweekly supervised exercise plus the daily use of PYD for 6 months failed to increase IGF-I levels in patients with FM, despite the confirmation that PYD normalizes the acute GH response to strenuous aerobic exercise.
Clinical Trials Related to Mestinon (Pyridostigmine)
Testing Mestinon and Exercise in Fibromyalgia [Active, not recruiting]
The purpose of this trial was to test the combined and independent effects of 6 months of
exercise and Mestinon in people with fibromyalgia. Specifically, we wanted to determine if
Mestinon helped people with fibromyalgia have an easier time exercising and if their symptoms
improved by the end of the trial.
Pyridostigmine and Its Effects on Autonomic Modulation in Diabetic Patients [Recruiting]
The purpose of the study is to determine if pyridostigmine bromide improves heart rate
variability of type 2 diabetes mellitus subjects with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy.
Use of Pyridostigmine for Constipation in Diabetics [Recruiting]
Doctors at Mayo Clinic are doing this study to learn if pyridostigmine, a drug, affects the
speed at which food travels through the stomach, intestines and colon, and if pyridostigmine
improves constipation symptoms in patients with diabetes. Pyridostigmine has been approved
by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for routine clinical use, however, its use as
proposed in this study is considered investigational.
Pilot Study of Pyridostigmine Upon Immune Activation in HIV-1 Patients Who Have an Inadequate Immune Response [Not yet recruiting]
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the addition of Pyridostigmine to Highly
Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) increases the number of CD4+ T-cells in discordant
patients in which viral load diminishes, but T-cell levels remain low after the initiation of
treatment.
A Study of Pyridostigmine in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome [Recruiting]
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