Paraneoplastic Autonomic Neuropathy Medication

Updated: Oct 16, 2019
  • Author: Stacy E Dixon, MD, PhD; Chief Editor: Tarakad S Ramachandran, MBBS, MBA, MPH, FAAN, FACP, FAHA, FRCP, FRCPC, FRS, LRCP, MRCP, MRCS  more...
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Medication

Medication Summary

No specific drug treatment is of proven value; however, cytotoxic chemotherapy for the associated malignancy is rational. For symptomatic management of autonomic failure, see article on Idiopathic Orthostatic Hypotension and Other Autonomic Failure Syndromes for details.

In the case of LEMS, drugs that increase available acetylcholine (such as 3,4-diaminopyridine, which increases acetylcholine release, or cholinesterase inhibitors like pyridostigmine that prevent acetylcholine destruction) have been helpful for symptom control. [13, 16]