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When should you avoid initiating beta blockers in a patient with myasthenia gravis?

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Neurology · University of Minnesota

In general, my opinion is that there are very few medications that are absolutely contraindicated in MG, and those are: botulinum toxin, aminoglycosides, macrolide antibiotics, and possibly magnesium supplements (unless patient has dangerous hypomagnesemia).

Many other drugs, especially drugs used fo...

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