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See also: glycopyrrolate
In Brief: Glycopyrrolate Oral Solution for Sialorrhea
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics • Jan 10, 2011 (Issue 1355)
, and in developmentally disabled children.
1-3 It has now been approved by the FDA as
Cuvposa (Shionogi) for use ...
Glycopyrrolate (Robinul, and others), a synthetic muscarinic receptor antagonist, has been used off-label for many years for treatment of excessive drooling in patients with Parkinson’s disease, in patients taking clozapine for schizophrenia, and in developmentally disabled children.1-3 It has now been approved by the FDA as Cuvposa (Shionogi) for use specifically in children 3-16 years old with severe chronic drooling due to a neurologic condition, such as cerebral palsy. It is being marketed as an oral solution, which will permit more precise weight-based dosing than was possible with the...