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Pharmacology and Treatment The treatment of idiopathic hyperhidrosis by glycopyrronium bromide and tap water iontophoresis
Author(s) -
ABELL E.,
MORGAN K.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1974.tb06722.x
Subject(s) - iontophoresis , hyperhidrosis , medicine , sweat , anesthesia , dermatology , radiology
SUMMARY A method of treating idiopathic hyperhidrosis usitig direct current iontophoresis is described. Employing a solution of glycopyrronium bromide, such treatment produces prolonged periods of suppression of palmar and plantar hyperhidrosis but only occasionally do useful periods of dryness result from treatment of axillary hyperhidrosis. Tap water iontophoresis can also be used to produce sweat suppression but its effects are generally less satisfactory.