physostigmine
Noun
Meaning
An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
atropine
alkaloid
pilocarpine
scopolamine
neostigmine
eserine
pyridostigmine
memantine
donepezil
ipratropium
rivastigmine
carbachol
edrophonium
ecothiopate
tiotropium
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Mary Walker treated a person with MG with physostigmine in 1934.
The drug physostigmine is used to reverse the effect of the poisons.