Doxazosin
Alpha-1 blocker (antihypertensive)
Brand names: Cardura
Oral health effects
Dry mouth
Mild xerostomia is a chair consideration.
Clinical management: Hydration and caries prevention.
Orthostatic hypotension
First-dose and positional hypotension are chair considerations.
Clinical management: Raise the dental chair slowly; allow the patient to sit before standing.
Sources
- A Guide to Medications Inducing Salivary Gland Dysfunction, Xerostomia, and Subjective Sialorrhea: A Systematic Review Sponsored by the World Workshop on Oral Medicine VI. Wolff A, Joshi RK, Ekström J, et al. Drugs in R&D, 2017.