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Originally Posted by AnnieB3
Mrs. D, I think that typing with two fingers can easily make AChE be ACE!  Good to clarify that though.
Huperzine-A is a cholinesterase inhibitor. Acetylcholinesterase is an enzyme whose job is to go and "eat up" acetylcholine after it's done its job. What Mestinon, and supposedly Huperzine-A, do is to inhibit that enzyme so that we get more acetylcholine.
AChE: Acetylcholinesterase
AChR: Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody
ACE: Ace inhibitor, is actually relatively contraindicated in MG!
Do you think they can make these abbreviations even harder to differentiate?!
The nightshade foods (potato, tomato, eggplant, peppers, nicotine) and caffeine are also "natural" cholinesterase inhibitors.
Please be careful with going on and off meds, even if they are over-the-counter ones. You could go into an MG crisis. And stay away from heat, it can make MG worse.
Keep asking questions, reading and typing! 
Annie |
In other areas... ALA means alpha linolenic acid (an Omega-3), and ALA is abbreviated for alpha lipoic acid. This also causes much confusion at times. It is just that medical terms are complex and hard to type out, spell etc.
You should see medical records... all the abbreviations there!
Lucky that more mistakes don't happen there.
I am glad you understand. I just wanted to clarify. That's all.
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