Parkinson disease: sialorrhea and Parkinson disease--novel treatment approaches.
Sialorrhea is a common and often debilitating, socially isolating and embarrassing symptom for patients with Parkinson disease (PD). The treatment of sialorrhea involves the management of saliva production, and is complicated in this disease by the risk of aspiration. Two novel approaches to the treatment of this symptom in PD have recently been published.
Troche
Michelle S
MS
Fernandez
Hubert H
HH
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D012798:Sialorrhea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*