Common Nausea, Vomiting, Abdominal cramp, Excessive salivation, Diarrhoea.

Expert advice for Gravitor Tablet SR

Do not start or continue the pyridostigmine medication if you are allergic to pyridostigmine or any other ingredient in the medicine.
Do not take pyridostigmine if you have recently had coronary obstruction (heart attack); slow heart beat or any other heart condition; asthma; or stomach ulcer.
Avoid taking pyridostigmine if you have fits (epilepsy) or Parkinson’s disease; an overactive thyroid gland; bladder or bowel obstruction.

Q. Is Gravitor a narcotic/steroid/ immunosuppressant/ anticholinesterase?
Gravitor is parasympathomimetic and not a narcotic/ steroid/immunosuppressant. It acts by inhibiting the enzyme called as acetylcholinesterase

Q. What is Gravitor/ Gravitor bromide/Gravitor 60 mg is used for?
Gravitor is used to treat neuromuscular disease characterized by very weak muscles and unusual tiredness (myasthenia gravis), paralytic ileus and postoperative urinary retention, reversal of neuromuscular blockade

Q. What class is Gravitor?
Gravitor belongs to the group of medicines called parasympathomimetics

Q. Does Gravitor cause weight gain?
Gravitor causing weight gain is very rare. However consult your doctor if you experience such side effect

Q. How does Gravitor work/ treat myasthenia gravis?
It works by inhibiting the enzyme called as acetylcholinesterase and thus allows free transmission of nerve impulses across the neuromuscular junction.