Tensilon
Edrophonium is used as part of a medical test to help diagnose a muscle disorder called myasthenia gravis. Edrophonium is sometimes used to reverse the effects of certain medications used to prevent muscle contractions during surgical procedures. Edrophonium may also be used for other purposes not...
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Tensilon (Edrophonium Chloride/Atropine Sulfate)
Antagonizes the effect of nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents primarily by inhibiting or inactivating acetylcholinesterase.
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Tensilon test
The Tensilon test is a method to help diagnose myasthenia gravis. Why the Test is Performed The test helps diagnosis myasthenia gravis, may aid in telling...
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Muscle fatigue (image)
Holding your arms above your shoulders until they drop is one exercise that may be performed during the Tensilon test. In this test, the drug Tensilon is administered, and the response in the muscles are evaluated to help diagnose myasthenia gravis or to...
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Pyridostigmine
...could have grave consequences. Osserman and Genkins1 indicate that the differential diagnosis of the two types of crisis may require the use of Tensilon® (edrophonium chloride) as well as clinical judgment. The treatment of the two conditions obviously differs radically. Whereas the presence...
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See also: Reversal of Nondepolarizing Muscle Relaxants

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