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pyridostigmine bromide |
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pyridostigmine bromide [¦pir·ə·dō′stig‚mēn ′brō‚mīd] (pharmacology) C9H13O2NBr A white, crystalline powder with a melting point of 154-157°C; soluble in water, alcohol, and chloroform; used in medicine. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The 11-member panel spent the past two years reviewing recent Studies Which suggest that veterans illnesses are neurological and apparently are linked to exposure to neurotoxins such as the nerve gas sarin, the anti-nerve gas drug pyridostigmine bromide, and pesticides that affect the nervous system. Pyridostigmine bromide and the long-term subjective health status of a sample of over 700 reserve component Gulf War era veterans. As a soldier in the 1991 conflict Hanson breathed heavy oil smoke and other chemicals, and took the drug pyridostigmine bromide, or PB, given to American troops to protect them from the deadly nerve gas soman--but which may have increased the effects of sarin gas. |
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