Pyridostigmine in the treatment of orthostatic intolerance

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 314-318

  Gales, Barry J ^a,b   Gales, Mark A ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Orthostatic hypotension; pyridostigmine

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POSTURAL TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847364010     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H458     Document Type: Review

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