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Clinical Autonomic Research
Published in: Clinical Autonomic Research 4/2006

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 | 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.
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Metadata
Title
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
Publication date
01-08-2006
Publisher
Steinkopff-Verlag
Published in
Clinical Autonomic Research / Issue 4/2006
Print ISSN: 0959-9851
Electronic ISSN: 1619-1560
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-006-0358-z

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