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PACK IN HAND · ONE-PAGE CHECK

Medicine pack check sheet

Print this sheet or fill it in before speaking with a pharmacist or clinician. Copy only what is printed on the pack in hand. The published fields below are starting points from this record, not proof that your pack is the same product.

Published record starting point

Record display name
Mestinon
Generic name / active ingredient
pyridostigmine
Dosage-form class
Oral solution, immediate-release tablets and extended-release tablets: a shared brand or generic name does not establish self-conversion, substitution or splitting (as listed in the U.S. public label)
Route
Oral
Record reviewed
2026-08-20

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Source-linked reading points

  • The 60 mg immediate-release tablet, 180 mg TIMESPAN extended-release tablet and oral solution containing 60 mg per 5 mL are separately listed product identities. A shared brand or generic name does not make them self-convertible, make-up interchangeable, combinable or substitutable by milligrams, tablets or millilitres.
  • The 60 mg immediate-release tablet is described as quadrisect scored and the 180 mg TIMESPAN tablet as unscored. These are appearance-check fields, not permission from this webpage for anyone to split, crush, repackage or proportionally reduce a tablet. Handling the exact tablet must follow the current label, prescription and pharmacist/prescribing-team advice.
  • Oral-solution wording of “60 mg/5 mL” is a concentration identity field, not a formula for changing tablets into household-spoon or personal millilitre amounts. Check the exact product, label, supplied measuring device and prescribing information together; this page does not generate a conversion or measuring instruction.
  • The label notes that signs of too much or too little may be difficult to distinguish and addresses urgent risks including severe weakness, breathing/swallowing difficulty, marked secretions or serious gastrointestinal symptoms. With an acute, serious or progressive concern, prioritise local urgent medical support; do not self-increase, make up, pause or change product from this page.

Reviewed presentation examples — compare every field

  • 60 mg per tablet; 100-tablet bottleNDC 0187-3010-30
  • 180 mg per tablet; 30-tablet bottle (TIMESPAN extended-release tablet)NDC 0187-3013-30
  • 60 mg per 5 mL; 473 mL bottleNDC 0187-3012-20

EDITORIAL RECORD

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Review role
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Last reviewed
2026-08-20
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