HYPERHIDROSIS SCIENCE: Hyperhydrosis research, treatments - excessive sweating knowledge

DR. STOLL'S HYPERHIDROSIS ARTICLE INDEX

• Is previous throacic sympathectomy a risk factor for exertion?
• Treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis: T(4) level compared with T(2) and T(3).
• Severe Pomphylox Following Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis
• Repeat Liposuction-Curettage Treatment of Axillary Hyperhidrosis Effectiveness
• Contralateral Hyperhidrosis After Intracerebral Hemmorage
• Facial hyperhidrosis: Best Practice Recommendations and Special Considerations.
• Outpatient Microthoraacosopic Sympathectomy for Palmar Hyperhidrosis
• Use of Oral Glycopyrronium in Hyperhidrosis
• Oxybutynin for Patients with Hyperhidrosis in One Case Study
• Paroxetine Useful for Palmar-Plantar Hyperhidrosis in One Case Study
• Thoracic Sympathicolysis for Primary Hyperhydrosis
• Improved Quality of Life After Sympathetic Block for Upper limb Hyperhidrosis.
• Surgical Treatment of Axillary Hyperhidrosis
• Mydriasis and Accommodative Failure from Exposure to Topical Glycopyrrolate Used in Hyperhydrosis.
• Facial Hyperhydrosis-Induced Social Fear Alleviated with Topiramate.
• Treatment of Inguinal Hyperhidrosis or HH with Botulinum Toxin Type A.
• Hyperhidrosis in Parkinson's Disease.
• Hyperhydrosis: A Few and Often Early Symptom in Fabry Disease.

HYPERHIDROSIS KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENCE

AUGUST 2006: Non-Surgical treatments for hyperhidrosis

Medical publicaton:

Facial Hyperhidrosis-Induced Social Fear Alleviated with Topiramate.

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 67(7): 1157, 2006.

Synopsis: Orally administered toprimate can help to decrease facial excessive sweating.

Remember the study before this one (the Inguinal Hyperhidrosis article)? All drugs can, of course, have side effects (more sweating, sweating in other areas, etc.) as well as good effects (reduced sweating and odor).

Topiramate is a drug used to control seizures. This seizure drug has the following side effect, as in the case of glycopyrrolate, which is decreased sweating. The authors of this particular article found that taking this drug helped to reduce excessive facial sweating in certain anxious people. Unfortuantely, there are other side effects to this drug which include fatigue, memory problems, nausea, speech problems, dizziness, double vision, depression and abdominal pain. Reduced facial excessive sweating pales in comparison when thinking about the aforementioned list of side effects.

Conclusion: Yes, certain drugs can help to reduce excessive sweating. But watch out for the particular side effects and ask yourself if the risk is worth the benefit. In this particular case, it is not likely that the possible hyperhidrosis treatment is truly worth the risk of the other side effects.

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