Salivary flow-rate and composition in schizophrenic patients on clozapine: Subjective reports and laboratory data

The extent of hypersalivation was evaluated in a group of 25 schizophrenic patients on clopazine. A high prevalence of the complaint was detected by a questionnaire; up to 80% of the patients complained of hypersalivation at night. Salivary flow-rate and composition was examined in 17 patients who a...

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Published in:	Biological psychiatry (1969) Vol. 39; no. 11; pp. 946 - 949
Main Authors:	Ben-Aryeh, H., Jungerman, T., Szargel, R., Klein, E., Laufer, D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-06-1996 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	Adult Antipsychotic Agents - adverse effects Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences clozapine Clozapine - adverse effects Clozapine - therapeutic use Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment Female flow-rate and composition Humans hypersalivation Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Pharmacology. Drug treatments Potassium - metabolism Saliva Saliva - metabolism Schizophrenia - complications Schizophrenia - drug therapy Schizophrenia - metabolism schizophrenic patients Sialorrhea - chemically induced Sialorrhea - metabolism Sodium - metabolism Taste - drug effects Taste - physiology Toxicity: respiratory system, ent, stomatology clozapine flow-rate and composition hypersalivation schizophrenic patients Saliva Human Neuroleptic Psychotropic Toxicity Somatic complaint Schizophrenia Exploration Hypersecretion Subjective evaluation Psychosis Salivary gland disease ENT disease
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