What family of drugs is used in the treatment of myasthenia gravis?
A) Direct-acting cholinergic agonists
B) Muscarinic inhibitors
C) Indirect-acting cholinergic agonists
D) Nicotinic agonists
C
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The drugs used to treat patients with myasthenia gravis include several indirect-acting cholinergic agonists that do not cross the blood–brain barrier and do not effect acetylcholine transmission in the brain. These drugs include ambenonium (Mytelase), edrophonium (Enlon, Reversol), neostigmine (Prostigmin), and pyridostigmine (Mestinon). Other options are incorrect.
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