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What is Mestinon? Mestinon is a brand name for the drug Pyridostigmine, a cholinesterase inhibitor used for the treatment of muscle weakness in Myaesthenia Gravis. Mestinon is a brand name owned by Valeant pharmaceuticals. Read more...Click to read more below

Valeant's Mestinon site


Reasons Taken

15 patients in the community are taking or have taken Mestinon.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6 40%
Fatigue 3 20%
Bladder problems 1 6%
Atrophy, upper body muscles 1 6%
disease-related symptoms 1 6%
Assistive communication 1 6%
Slow my ALS progress 1 6%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Mestinon.

  0 mg none 2 other day 20 mg day 40 mg day 60 mg day 80 mg day 120 mg day 180 mg day 300 mg day
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Mestinon or how long patients were taking Mestinon before stopping.

Currently taking Mestinon

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
1
2
4

Stopped taking Mestinon

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
0
1
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Mestinon (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2 100% Did not seem to work: 100%
Doctor's advice 1 50% Doctor's advice: 50%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 1

Fatigue

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 2

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)

  • ashfieb
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: mild
    Chest: none
    Legs: none
    See profile
  • ashfieb
  • by ashfieb
    Aug 19, 2008
  • EfficacyNone
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Atrophy, upper body muscles

See all evaluation results for Mestinon



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