Mary Walker used _______ to treat the muscle weakness associated with the disease _______.
A) atropine; myasthenia gravis
B) physostigmine; multiple sclerosis
C) acetylcholinesterase; diabetes
D) acetylcholinesterase; multiple sclerosis
E) physostigmine; myasthenia gravis

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Physostigmine is used to treat muscle weakness associated with myasthenia gravis by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase and increasing the availability of acetylcholine at neuromuscular junctions. Atropine is an anticholinergic drug that is used to treat bradycardia and mydriasis, not muscle weakness. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors like physostigmine are also sometimes used to treat multiple sclerosis, but not as frequently as they are used to treat myasthenia gravis. They are not used to treat diabetes.

Mary Walker Used _______ to Treat the Muscle Weakness Associated