Cevimeline hydrochloride
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| Cevimeline hydrochloride | |
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| Term | Cevimeline hydrochloride |
| Short definition | cevimeline hydrochloride - (pronounced) (seh-VIH-meh-leen HY-droh-KLOR-ide) drug used to treat certain diseases of the salivary glands. It's also being studied to treat dry mouth caused by radiation therapy to the head and neck. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
cevimeline hydrochloride - (pronounced) (seh-VIH-meh-leen HY-droh-KLOR-ide) drug used to treat certain diseases of the salivary glands. It's also being studied to treat dry mouth caused by radiation therapy to the head and neck. It increases the amount of saliva and sweat produced by the saliva and sweat glands. Cevimeline hydrochloride is a type of cholinergic agonist. Also called Evoxac
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