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Saliva secretion rate in a group of drug addicts (short communication)
Author(s) -
SCHEUTZ FLEMMING
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1983.tb00851.x
Subject(s) - saliva , secretion , drug , dentistry , addiction , medicine , secretion rate , pharmacology , psychiatry
– Stimulated saliva secretion rate was measured in 40 parenteral drug addicts who had a preferencc for opiates. Illicit drug abuse or intake of legally prescribed medicine within the last 24 h were recorded. Mean saliva secretion rate for the whole group of drug addicts was 1.51 ml/min with no statistical difference from a control group ( P >0.30). However, drug addicts who had taken legally prescribed tranquillizers or sedatives had a reduced saliva secretion rate (1.01 ml/min), whereas no decrease was found among the individuals who had taken opiates within the last 24 h (1.42 ml/min, P >0.10).