Solution for Constant Drooling

[ShaliC]

My husband 86 years old has had PD for 9 years. Now he is drooling involuntarily from his mouth very frequently & though he keeps a small towel napkin with him, the whole house is messed up. Has any one else experienced this? Would be very grateful for possible solutions. Many thanks

[superjanet]

My husband and others I know have a drop of atropine eye drops on the tongue every morning which helps with this. I understand Botox treatment may also help, but have no experience of this.

[Macelott2]

My husband has advanced Parkinson's and has had this problem,I have found that it can be caused by other medications

I.e. Memantine and other drugs used for dementia.

[JohnPepper]

All he has to do is regularly swallow. It no longer works automatically with Pd.

[NancyJoy]

Your neurologist can give you a botox injection in the cheek -this has to be repeated after a certain number of months. It stops the drooling.

[ShaliC]

Thank you dear friends - what I have gathered from all your comments is that we could try - atropine eye drops & heavy dose of Vitamin D3. Will there be any negative effects of them? I will report to you after using them for a few days.

The best & simplest advice ofcourse is to relearn to swallow & walking with the head up - but when I tell my husband to do this he grumbles that I am nagging!

We have tried Botox injections - it only brought short term benefits.

Chewing gum & sweets - he is using but they give only short term results.

Cloves - sometimes give a hurt feeling in the tongue.

Many thanks for a quick response!

[Hidden]

Hi, our son Martin has PD and also suffers learning difficulties which makes some medication regimes difficult to employ. He started drooling some 6 years into PD and has been prescribed Hyoscine patches. These are small circular patches applied behind the ear every 3 days or so and have been very effective. They are a known form of travel sickness prevention and should be easily available from your pharmacy.

Good luck.