Publication details
Konzervativní terapie
| Title in English | Conservative Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis |
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | Conservative treatment of myasthenia gravis is based on two parts: symptomatic and disease modifying procedures. Among cholinestrase inhibitors (symptomatic therapy) pyridostigmine is widely used. This medication is administered in patients with the ocular or very mild form of myasthenia. In other patients immunosuppressive medication should be introduced. The key role plays predisone and/or other steroid sparing drugs as azathioprine, cyclosporine, or mycophemolate mophetil. Plasma exchange or intravenous immunoglobulin is indicated in patients with myasthenic crisis or other severe resistant symptoms. |