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

Expert advice for Mygris Tablet

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

Q. What is Mygris/ Mygris bromide/Mygris 60 mg is used for?
Mygris 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 Mygris?
Mygris belongs to the group of medicines called parasympathomimetics

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

Q. How does Mygris 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.