[Successful treatment of diabetic gustatory hyperhidrosis with topical glycopyrrolate].

Abstract

Gustatory hyperhidrosis is a condition characterised by excessive craniofacial sweating in relation to food intake and is associated with diabetic neuropathy. The existing guidelines for treatment of this condition include antiperspirants, oral anticholinergic treatment, ionophoresis, botulinum toxin injections and endothoracic surgery. In this case a patient with diabetes suffering from gustatory hyperhidrosis was treated successfully with topical glycopyrrolate, an anticholinergic agent applied directly on the affected area.

• Authors: Ninna Sønderby Lund, Trine Maxel, Jørgen Rungby
• Journal: Ugeskrift for laeger (Ugeskr Laeger) Vol. 173 Issue 36 Pg. 2200-1 (Sep 05 2011) ISSN: 1603-6824 [Electronic] Denmark
• Vernacular Title: Vellykket behandling af diabetisk gustatorisk hyperhidrose med lokalappliceret glykopyrrolat.
• PMID: 21893005 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Muscarinic Antagonists
• Glycopyrrolate

Topics

• Administration, Cutaneous
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (complications, physiopathology)
• Face
• Glycopyrrolate (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Muscarinic Antagonists (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Sweating, Gustatory (drug therapy, etiology)
• Treatment Outcome