Drenching sweats as an off phenomenon in Parkinson's disease: treatment and relation to plasma levodopa profile.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We followed 4 patients with Parkinson's disease and severe, intermittent, drenching sweats. One patient was studied with serial plasma levodopa levels and simultaneous clinical examinations. She was observed during a severe sweating episode; this was associated with subtherapeutic plasma levodopa levels (low dopa state). All 4 patients' sweats responded favorably to the institution of agonist therapy. Drenching sweats should be considered part of the spectrum of off-period levodopa-related fluctuations in Parkinson's disease.
Medical subject headings
- Dopamine Agonists
- Levodopa
- Parkinson Disease
- Sweating