Lack of evidence for excessive sweating treatments
There is a lack of published evidence to support treatments for excessive sweating, according to the latest issue of the Drug
and Therapeutics Bulletin.
However, it suggests that alcoholic solutions of aluminium chloride are
worth trying in the first instance and that patients should be advised
on how to minimise skin irritation. The October issue of DTB also reviews
the use of botulinum toxins for severe armpit sweating and says there
is some evidence to support their use as an alternative to surgery (2005;43:78).
How lifestyle changes (such as exercise, travel, work and fasting) can
affect glycaemic control in people with diabetes is also considered (ibid,
p73).
DTB online access Access
to the online version of DTB is to be made available to pharmacists
in Wales. Community pharmacists
resident
in Wales who wish to access the publication need to register their
e-mail address at the branches
and regions page of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society’s website. They will then
be sent a password that will allow access to the DTB.
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