Myasthenia gravis (MG) has been treatable for nearly 100 years. In 1934, the Scottish doctor Mary Broadfoot Walker, MD, discovered that the drug physostigmine improved muscle function in people with ...

Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease in which antibodies bind to acetylcholine receptors or to functionally related molecules in the postsynaptic membrane at the neuromuscular junction. The ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular condition that causes muscle weakness and severe fatigue. The term “myasthenia gravis” is Latin and Greek in origin, and means “grave (or ...

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As of December 2024, five Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapies can treat myasthenia gravis symptoms and may allow partial to complete remission. There is still no cure, but modern ...

Doctors may recommend oral medications such as pyridostigmine and various intravenous (IV) drugs for the treatment of myasthenia gravis. Thymectomy surgery and plasma exchange may also help. The aim ...

It’s a lifelong autoimmune neuromuscular disease. It causes certain muscles to weaken easily after you use them. Muscle fatigue typically varies throughout the day (sometimes hour by hour) and gets ...