Dose-finding study of oral pilocarpine for the treatment of xerostomia associated with Sjogren's syndrome

Japanese Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Sugai, Susumu ^a,b   Koike, Takao ^c   Miyasaka, Nobuyuki ^d   Konno, Akiyoshi ^e   Fujibayashi, Takashi ^f   Sumida, Takayuki ^g   Kawai, Shinichi ^h   Origasa, Hideki ⁱ  

^a Kudo General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Southern Tohoku General Hospital   (Japan)

^f SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^h TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose response clinical study; Dry mouth; Pilocarpine; Sj gren's syndrome; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTICATION; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVATION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SLEEP; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 37349127432     PISSN: 03863603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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