Pyridostigmine in autonomic failure: can we treat postural hypotension and bladder dysfunction with one drug?

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Pyridostigmine in autonomic failure: can we treat postural hypotension and bladder dysfunction with one drug?

Clin Auton Res. 2006 Aug;16(4):296-8

Authors: Yamamoto T, Sakakibara R, Yamanaka Y, Uchiyama T, Asahina M, Liu Z, Ito T, Koyama Y, Awa Y, Yamamoto K, Kinou M, Hattori T

In a 66-year-old man with autonomic failure, pyridostigmine (180 mg/day orally) improved both postural hypotension and underactive detrusor bladder dysfunction. Acetylcholinesterase inhibition may be useful in the management of orthostatic hypotension and bladder dysfunction in autonomic failure patients.

PMID: 16862395 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]