| “Friedman and colleagues 3 analyzed pyridostigmine’s effects on 35 normal, healthy volunteers during peacetime in a double-blind study.” |
| “They report that in the peacetime group documented symptoms were restricted to perturbations of the peripheral nervous system (diarrhea, excess sweating, increased salivation).” |
| “By contrast, predominantly central nervous system symptoms were reported by the Israeli soldiers receiving pyridostigmine pretreatment during wartime.” |
| “These studies demonstrate a significant correlation between stress and pyridostigmine-induced effects in the central nervous system suggesting that, in troops exposed to emotional stress under conditions of war, the BBB may have unexpectedly become more permeable to administered pyridostigmine.” |
| Could the same be true of thimerosal contained in vaccines and toxoids? |
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