[Cappuccino coffee treatment of xerostomia in patients taking tricyclic antidepressants: preliminary report].
10 patients underwent a trial treatment with Cappuccino coffee. All of them (8 university lecturers and 2 clerks) aged from 60 to 69 (average 63) years old, used tricyclic antidepressant because of insomnia as a monosymptomatic type of depression or insomnia as a dominant symptom in the course of depression. One, evening dose of doxepine was from 150 to 250 (average 225) mg, causing xerostomia next day usually between 9-15 o'clock. The five-minute--chewing of 15.0 g of Cappuccino coffee increased the amount of saliva, decreased xerostomia and improved the ability of speech. Beneficial effect of coffee lasted from 0.5 to 4 (average about 2) hours. To the best of our knowledge there are no publications dealing with the positive effect of coffee in xerostomia.
I Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku.
Zygmunt
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Chodorowski
D000368:Aged; D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002110:Caffeine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003069:Coffee; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D003069:Coffee; D002110:Caffeine