Look up: Neostigmine

1. neostigmine
   [n] - a cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis
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2. neostigmine
   <chemical> A cholinesterase inhibitor used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis and to reverse the effects of muscle relaxants such as gallamine and tubocurarine. Neostigmine, unlike physostigmine, does not cross the blood-brain barrier. ... Pharmacological action: cholinesterase inhibitor, p...
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3. neostigmine
   Prostigmin noun a cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis
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4. neostigmine
   (ne″o-stig´mēn) an anticholinesterase and prokinetic agent used for the symptomatic treatment of myasthenia gravis, for prevention and treatment of postoperative stasis and atony of the gastrointestinal tract or urinary bladder, and for reversal of the effects of certain neuromuscular blocking agents, such as...
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5. neostigmine
   (from the article `drug`) ...competitive neuromuscular blocking agent, transmission can be restored. This provides a useful way to terminate paralysis produced by tubocurarine ... ...are affected. Weakness results from a localized defect in the chemical processes involved in the transmission of impulses from motor nerve endings ... P...
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6. neostigmine
   neostigmine (nē"ōstig'mēn, –min) , drug used to mimic the effects of stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system. Along with several other drugs that have a similar mode of action, it inhibits the action of the enzyme cholinesterase, which destroys the substance...
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7. Neostigmine
   `Neostigmine` (`Prostigmin`, `Vagostigmin`) is a parasympathomimetic that acts as a reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor. Synthesis : Neostigmine was first synthesized by Aeschlimann and Reinert in 1931. Neostigmine is made by first reacting 3-dimethylaminophenol with N-dimethylcarbamoyl chlori...
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