Patients with Parkinson's disease who experience excessive drooling are at greater risk for motor and nonmotor dysfunction as well as respiratory tract infections, new research suggests.

Excess saliva can be a side effect of medications, such as tranquilizers, epilepsy drugs and anticholinesterases, often used in treatment of early dementia, such as donepezil (Aricept). Some ...

It makes good sense that a hazmat unit was called in because the toxic effects of pesticides – and nerve gasses, for that matter – may include excess salivation with drooling.

Weakness or loss of sensation around the mouth can promote drooling via a different mechanism. Instead of excess saliva, people cannot feel or control their mouth, leading to drooling. Many people ...

Merz today announced long-term results from a Phase 3 extension study of XEOMIN® (incobotulinumtoxinA) for the treatment of adults with chronic sialor ...

PHOENIX -- Botulinum toxin injections offered relief from sialorrhea, or excessive saliva production, in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a small study. The ...

COVID-19 may cause patients to produce excessive saliva, resulting in angular cheilitis, a painful inflammation of the corners of the mouth, according to a letter published on October 11 in Oral ...