Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) Clinical criteria: The condition must not be any of: (i) myasthenia gravis, (ii) Guillain-Barre syndrome. Treatment criteria: Must be treated by a prescriber type identifying as at least one of the following: (i) a clinical immunologist, (ii) a neurologist, (iii) a medical practitioner working under the direct supervision of one of these mentioned specialists.
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“Amifampridine is a broad-spectrum potassium channel blocker.”
“Following oral administration of a single 20 or 30 mg dose of RUZURGI to healthy volunteers, the apparent oral clearance (CL/F) of amifampridine was 149 to 214 L/h, the average elimination half-life (t1/2) was 3.6 to 4.2 hours. The average t1/2 of the 3-N-acetyl amifampridine metabolite was 4.1 to 4.8 hours.”
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“Amifampridine is not metabolised by cytochrome P450 (CYP)1A2, CYP2B6, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, or CYP3A4.”