Can myasthenia gravis be treated with medication?

Written by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD | June 12, 2023

Can myasthenia gravis be treated with medication?

Category: Treatment

A number of medications exist that can help manage myasthenia gravis symptoms. Medications for myasthenia gravis, or MG for short, can be divided into multiple groups depending on their mechanism of action, to include anticholinesterases, complement system inhibitors, FcRn blockers, corticosteroids, or non-steroidal immunosuppressants. However, none of these therapies provides a definite cure for the condition.

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Lindsey Shapiro, PhD Lindsey is a senior science writer for Bionews with a PhD in neuroscience from Emory University. There, she was awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the American Epilepsy Society to study the role of new therapeutic approaches for treatment of resistant forms of epilepsy. She also spent time as a postdoctoral researcher exploring the role of inflammation in epilepsy. With a passion for ensuring that science is accessible to all, Lindsey joined Bionews as a science writer in 2022.