Improvement of diabetic autonomic gustatory sweating by botulinum toxin type A

Neurology. 2002 Dec 24;59(12):1971-3. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000036911.75478.fa.

Abstract

Fourteen diabetic subjects with gustatory sweating were treated by intracutaneous injections of botulinum toxin type A into the affected facial skin areas. In all subjects, sweating (measured by Minor starch iodine test) ceased within 4 days, with the maximal follow-up time lasting 24 weeks. This therapeutic approach, which could be used to reduce the severity of diabetic gustatory sweating, appears to be long lasting, adverse effect free, and minimally invasive.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / etiology
  • Botulinum Toxins / adverse effects
  • Botulinum Toxins / therapeutic use*
  • Diabetes Complications*
  • Electrophysiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iodine
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parasympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic / drug effects
  • Starch
  • Sweating, Gustatory / drug therapy*
  • Sweating, Gustatory / etiology

Substances

  • Starch
  • Iodine
  • Botulinum Toxins