The intermediate syndrome ( IMS ) appears in the interval between the end of the cholinergic crisis and the onset of OPIDP . Symptoms associated with IMS manifest within 24 96 hours after exposure.
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Flaccid paralysis resulting from cholinergic crisis can be distinguished from myasthenia gravis by the use of the drug edrophonium ( Tensilon ), which worsens the paralysis caused by cholinergic crisis, but strengthens the muscle in the case of myasthenia gravis . ( Edrophonium is an cholinesterase inhibitor hence increases the concentration of acetylcholine present ).
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Flaccid paralysis resulting from cholinergic crisis can be distinguished from myasthenia gravis by the use of the drug edrophonium ( Tensilon ), which worsens the paralysis caused by cholinergic crisis, but strengthens the muscle in the case of myasthenia gravis . ( Edrophonium is an cholinesterase inhibitor hence increases the concentration of acetylcholine present ).