A 44-year-old member asked:
What are drugs similar to physostigmine?
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Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 33 years experience
Physostigmine: Pilocarpine, Bethanechol, Carbachol, Neostigmine, Tacrine, Donepezil, etc.
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Dr. Simon Kimmanswered
Urology 17 years experience
Several drugs. : Physostigmine is an inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase, increasing the availability of acetylcholine. It is used to treat myasthenia gravis, alzheimer's disease & glaucoma. Other carbamates include neostigmine, pyridostigmine, ambenonium
demarcarium, & rivastigmine. Edrophonium has a similar mechanism of action.
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Last updated Jan 16, 2019
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