Drug induced xerostomia in elderly individuals: An institutional study

INTRODUCTION: With better health care facilities and nutritional levels the average life expectancy of Indian population has been on the rise over the years. Most of the geriatric population is under long-term medication. AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the synergistic effect of multiple...

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Autores principales: Shetty, Shishir Ram, Bhowmick, Sunanda, Castelino, Renita, Babu, Subhas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919217
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.96821
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Bhowmick, Sunanda
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Babu, Subhas
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description INTRODUCTION: With better health care facilities and nutritional levels the average life expectancy of Indian population has been on the rise over the years. Most of the geriatric population is under long-term medication. AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the synergistic effect of multiple xerostomia drugs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Unstimulated saliva was measured in 60 geriatric patients, and xerostomia questionnaire and quality-of-life scale were also administered. RESULTS: There was a very highly significant reduction in the salivary flow rates of patients under multiple xerostomia-inducing drugs. CONCLUSION: The synergistic effect of the xerostomia inducing medication could be the possible factor responsible for reduced salivary flow in elderly individuals using such drugs
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spelling pubmed-34251002012-08-23 Drug induced xerostomia in elderly individuals: An institutional study Shetty, Shishir Ram Bhowmick, Sunanda Castelino, Renita Babu, Subhas Contemp Clin Dent Original Article INTRODUCTION: With better health care facilities and nutritional levels the average life expectancy of Indian population has been on the rise over the years. Most of the geriatric population is under long-term medication. AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the synergistic effect of multiple xerostomia drugs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Unstimulated saliva was measured in 60 geriatric patients, and xerostomia questionnaire and quality-of-life scale were also administered. RESULTS: There was a very highly significant reduction in the salivary flow rates of patients under multiple xerostomia-inducing drugs. CONCLUSION: The synergistic effect of the xerostomia inducing medication could be the possible factor responsible for reduced salivary flow in elderly individuals using such drugs Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3425100/ /pubmed/22919217 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.96821 Text en Copyright: © Contemporary Clinical Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Drug induced xerostomia in elderly individuals: An institutional study
title_full_unstemmed Drug induced xerostomia in elderly individuals: An institutional study
title_short Drug induced xerostomia in elderly individuals: An institutional study
title_sort drug induced xerostomia in elderly individuals: an institutional study
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.96821
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