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01-08-2006 | CASE REPORT
Pyridostigmine in autonomic failure: can we treat postural hypotension and bladder dysfunction with one drug?
Authors:
Tatsuya Yamamoto, Ryuji Sakakibara, Yoshitaka Yamanaka, Tomoyuki Uchiyama, Masato Asahina, Zhi Liu, Takashi Ito, Yu Koyama, Yusuke Awa, Kaori Yamamoto, Mika Kinou, Takamichi Hattori
Published in:
Clinical Autonomic Research
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Issue 4/2006
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Abstract
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.