Pyridostigmine Treatment Report

• tarheel

  Sex: M

  Data Quality: 1 star

  ALS: 8 yrs

  Bi-Pap

  Bulbar: severe

  Arms: severe

  Chest: moderate

  Legs: mild

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Purpose: Fatigue (Started Aug 01, 2006)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Mar 01, 2011	As needed	None	None	Sometimes	Not at all

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• drumstix

  Data Quality: 0 stars

  • Sex: Female
  • Age: 58y

  Condition:

  Quality of Life:

  • Social: Unreported
  • Mental: Unreported
  • Physical: Unreported

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Purposes: Other, Fatigue, and Double vision (diplopia) (Started Apr 08, 2009)

Date	Dosage	Other Perceived effectiveness	Fatigue Perceived effectiveness	Double vision (diplopia) Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Apr 08, 2009	30 mg All the time (24/7)

Side effects:

Excess mucus

Date

Apr 08, 2009

Advice & Tips

The doctor prescribed way too much for me initially. I was to take 60 mg every four hours, well by the second dose I had 120 mg and I was rigid, weak, could not form words with my mouth and tongue, I sounded like I inhaled helium, my face muscles were not working together....I hyperventilated and my anxiety shot through the roof !A trip to the ER, with several IV's and a re-evaluation over the phone with the doc. I now take 1/2-1 30mg tablet as needed. I am monitoring symptoms...no vision improvement but it does help with speaking, choking and neck pain.

Cost

$50-99 monthly

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• ashfieb

  Sex: M

  Data Quality: 1 star

  ALS: 9 yrs

  Bulbar: none

  Arms: moderate

  Chest: none

  Legs: mild

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Purposes: Other and Atrophy of upper body muscles (Started Dec 17, 2005)

Date	Dosage	Other Perceived effectiveness	Atrophy of upper body muscles Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Aug 19, 2008	180 mg Daily	Major	None	None	Always	Not at all

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