Toxicology of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors (II) - Drugs and Poisons

This is the second short video of a 3 part series on the acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. The focus here is on the various drugs and poisons that act through this mechanism. Therapeutically, these drugs can be used in the diagnosis and treatment of myasthenia gravis, as well as in the treatment of glaucoma. Examples of therapeutic agents include - edrophonium, neostigmine, physostigmine, pyridostigmine, diisofluorophosphate, echothiophate. Chemicals that act this way are used also as insecticides. The mai