Pyridostigmine Is Useful in Treating Patients with Myasthenia Gravis Because

question 8

Multiple Choice

Pyridostigmine is useful in treating patients with myasthenia gravis because:

• A) it increases the secretion of acetylcholine from cholinergic nerve endings.
• B) it binds to nicotinic-muscle receptors and produces the same effects as those of acetylcholine.
• C) it causes the irreversible inhibition of acetylcholinesterase, thereby increasing the levels of acetylcholine at the parasympathetic postganglionic nerve endings.
• D) it causes the reversible inhibition of acetylcholinesterase, thereby increasing the levels of acetylcholine at the skeletal neuromuscular junction.

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