Shetty Shishir Ram, Bhowmick Sunanda, Castelino Renita, Babu Subhas
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Contemp Clin Dent. 2012 Apr;3(2):173-5. doi: 10.4103/0976-237X.96821.
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.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the synergistic effect of multiple xerostomia drugs.
Unstimulated saliva was measured in 60 geriatric patients, and xerostomia questionnaire and quality-of-life scale were also administered.
There was a very highly significant reduction in the salivary flow rates of patients under multiple xerostomia-inducing drugs.
The synergistic effect of the xerostomia inducing medication could be the possible factor responsible for reduced salivary flow in elderly individuals using such drugs.
随着医疗保健设施和营养水平的提高,印度人口的平均预期寿命多年来一直在上升。大多数老年人口都在长期服药。
本研究的目的是评估多种口干药物的协同作用。
对60名老年患者测量非刺激性唾液,并发放口干问卷和生活质量量表。
服用多种导致口干药物的患者唾液流速显著降低。
导致口干药物的协同作用可能是使用此类药物的老年人唾液分泌减少的原因。