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The Challenge of Medication-Induced Dry Mouth in Residential Aged Care

With a reported prevalence between 20% and 30%, dry mouth is more common among older people than any other age group. The major risk factor for dry mouth is polypharmacy. Older people take more medications than any other age group, not only for symptomatic relief of various age-associated chronic di...

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Autores principales: Thomson, William Murray, Smith, Moira B., Ferguson, Catherine Anna, Moses, Geraldine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34698291
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9040162

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