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Medication

Prazosin

Alpha-1 blocker (antihypertensive / PTSD nightmares)

Brand names: Minipress

Oral health effects

  • Dry mouth

    Xerostomia reported.

    Clinical management: Manage dry mouth; reinforce caries prevention.

  • Orthostatic hypotension

    Postural blood-pressure drop, especially with dose changes.

    Clinical management: Slow chair repositioning; allow the patient to sit before standing.

Sources

  1. 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.