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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.


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PB, or pyridostigmine bromide, was widely used to protect against nerve gas exposure.
Now, 17 years after the Gulf War, the congressionally mandated Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses has officially released a 450-page report which confirms that Gulf War Illness is a result of soldiers' exposure to neurotoxic chemicals, including pyridostigmine bromide and pesticides.
It's been a long time coming for veterans whose health complaints have been met with skepticism, but a federal committee has determined that Gulf War syndrome is not only real, it is tied to two causes: exposure to pyridostigmine bromide and certain pesticides during the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War.
 
 
 
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