Metoclopramide as Treatment of Clozapine-induced Hypersalivation

Summary

Hypersalivation (sialorrhea or ptyalism) is known as a frequent, disturbing, uncomfortable adverse effect of clozapine therapy that can lead to noncompliance. Until now there is no effective enough treatment for this side effect. Previous studies demonstrated that different medications from the substitute benzamide derivatives group: amisulpride, sulpiride (higher selective binding to the D2/D3 dopamine receptor) and moclobemide (reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A, which inhibits the deamination of serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine) may be effective as a treatment of clozapine-induced hypersalivation (CIH). Moreover, there is another substitute benzamide derivative: metoclopramide (dopamine D2 antagonist, usually used as antiemetic medication in general medicine). The investigators hypothesis assumes that anti-salivation effect characterizes the whole group of benzamide. The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of metoclopramide as an optional possibility for management of CIH.

Timeline

Start

2012-01

Primary completion

2014-05

Completion

2014-05

Publications

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Indications

No indication recorded.