[PDF][PDF] Treatment of compensatory gustatory hyperhidrosis with topical glycopyrrolate
WO Kim, HK Kil, DM Yoon, MJ Cho - Yonsei medical journal, 2003 - synapse.koreamed.org
Gustatory hyperhidrosis is facial sweating usually associated with the eating of hot spicy
food or even smelling this food. Current options of treatment include oral anticholinergic
drugs, the topical application of anticholinergics or aluminum chloride, and the injection of
botulinum toxin. Thirteen patients have been treated to date with 1.5% or 2% topical
glycopyrrolate. All patients had gustatory hyperhidrosis, which interfered with their social
activities, after transthroacic endoscopic sympathectomy, and which was associated with …
food or even smelling this food. Current options of treatment include oral anticholinergic
drugs, the topical application of anticholinergics or aluminum chloride, and the injection of
botulinum toxin. Thirteen patients have been treated to date with 1.5% or 2% topical
glycopyrrolate. All patients had gustatory hyperhidrosis, which interfered with their social
activities, after transthroacic endoscopic sympathectomy, and which was associated with …