"The neuromuscular junction may be affected, mimicking the weakness patterns (and physiology) of myasthenia gravis or myasthenic syndrome."

Do you mean that excerpt?

Mimic is the word in question here. Mimic does not mean that it IS MG. It means that someone who is not familiar with MG might think it could be that.

It's the same situation where some physicians think MG is MS. But an MG expert knows what signs to look for to differentiate between MG and other disease states.

So I guess I should have said that it can "mimic" MG to the untrained eye (and untrained mind). Perhaps Medscape should be more specific as well (if I can dare to question Medscape)!

Again, a trial of Mestinon would be very revealing. If your weakness is due to another cause, then it should not get better with Mestinon.

Annie

Clare,

Please give this to your rheumatologist.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25323839

Also, this is from a friend of mine in the UK.

http://myaware.org

You might find some help on that site.

Annie