title: [Xerostomia as a side effect of drugs].
abstract: After a definition of xerostomia and a description of it's diagnostics and consequences the most important etiological factors are reviewed with special emphasis on drugs inducing xerostomia as an adverse effect. The most important drugs concerned are summarized in a table indicating generic names as well as proprietary names of preparations marketed in Hungary. Possible therapeutic approaches are also described.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Orvostudományi Egyetem Konzerváló Fogászati Klinika, Budapest.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kelemen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nemes
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000139:chemically induced*
vernacular_title: A xerostomia, mint gyógyszermellékhatás.