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salivary flow

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salivary flow,
n the amount of saliva naturally produced by the salivary glands. Saliva production is increased by the presence of food or irritating substances, such as vomit, in the oral cavity. A healthy individual produces approximately 700 mL of saliva each day.
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Saliva stimulants, on the other hand, facilitate salivary flow by either gustatory or mechanical stimulation, or a combination of both, and include chewing gum, lozenges, pastilles, and tablets.
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Salivary flow is regulated by the autonomic nervous system, so most interventions to reduce drooling that is related to clozapine use have been aimed at the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.
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They can be compared to muscarinic cholinergic agonists which are the basis of medicaments used for boosting salivary flow and prescribed for oral thrush.
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