Table 4.
Medications reported to induce xerostomia, salivary gland hypofunction, or sialorrhea with weaker level of evidence
| Drug name | Number of citations for: | Sources per level of evidence (n) | Total publications (n) | References | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral ‘dryness’ | Sialorrhea | |||||||
| Xerostomia | SGH | Subjective | Objective | A3 | B3 | |||
| Amiloride | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Apraclonidine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [26] |
| Asimadoline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [252] |
| Atomoxetine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [253] |
| Biperiden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Chlorpheniramine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [254] |
| Chlorprothixene | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Cisplatin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [255] |
| Clomipramine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | [90, 95, 145] |
| Cyclothiazide | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Cytisine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [256] |
| Diltiazem | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Dimenhydrinate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [167, 254] |
| Diphenhydramine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [254] |
| Disopyramide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Flupirtine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [257] |
| Granisetron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [258] |
| Guanfacine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [53, 259] |
| Interleukin-2a | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Ipratropium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [260] |
| Levomepromazine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Maprotiline | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Mazindol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [100] |
| Melperone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Mepyramine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [254] |
| Metiamide | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Milnacipran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | [85, 261, 262] |
| Mirtazapine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [18, 263] |
| Moclobemide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [112] |
| Modafinil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [90, 264] |
| Mosapride | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [265] |
| Moxifloxacin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [266] |
| Moxonidine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | [50, 53, 267] |
| Nefazodone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [268, 269] |
| Oxitropium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [260] |
| Perindopril | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [270] |
| Pethidine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Phenelzine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [113] |
| Pheniramine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [254] |
| Promazine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [157] |
| Protriptyline | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [90, 100] |
| Pseudoephedrine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [207] |
| Rilmenidine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [53, 266] |
| Selegiline | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [14, 112] |
| Thioridazine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
| Tianeptine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [271] |
| Triprolidine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [254] |
| Zimelidine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
SGH salivary gland hypofunction