Drenching sweats as an off phenomenon in parkinson's disease: Treatment and relation to plasma levodopa profile

Jacob I. Sage; Margery H. Mark

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Drenching sweats as an off phenomenon in parkinson's disease: Treatment and relation to plasma levodopa profile

Jacob I. Sage, Margery H. Mark

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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 favourably 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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	120-122
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of Neurology
Volume	37
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.410370124
State	Published - Jan 1995

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Clinical Neurology

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