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Edrophonium​ is a drug the blocks cholinesterase from breaking down acetylcholine in the muscles. Why does this improve Annie's muscle function?

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Edrophonium is a drug used for the treatment of myasthenia gravis, a long-term neuromuscular disease that leads to varying degrees of skeletal muscle weakness, which results from antibodies that block or destroy nicotinic receptors at the junction between the nerve and muscle. By blocking cholinesterase, an enzyme which demolish acetylcholine, it increases the amount of acetylcholine in the neuromuscular junction improving the muscle weakness

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It improves Annie's  muscle function as a result of the acetylcholine not

being able to be broken down in the muscles.

Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that sends signals to the brain and other

parts of the body in the activation of the skeletal muscles.

The drug known as Edrophonium​ which blocks cholinesterase breaking

down acetylcholine in the muscles will thereby lead to more presence of

acetylcholine and a corresponding increase in the muscle functions.

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