Dear doctor, My daughter aged 34 years is a mentally retarded by birth, She is having a problem of getting saliva like which is coming from her stomach, she says. She is taking Sizodon md 1 mg and lonazep .5 mg daily in the night as per doctor'supports' advise. How to stop this saliva like coming from her stomach. Due to that she is not able to take any solid items n taking only liquid diet.

Hello sir, Thank you for sharing your problems. Excess salivation (sialorrhoea) may be a mild side effect of sizodon (risperidone). However at 1 mg dosage, this is uncommon. Practicing swallowing frequently in the day, chewing sugar free chewing gums are some methods to reduce increased salivation. There are medications that can reduce increased salivation (glycopyrrolate, atropine drops, trihexyphenidyl). But at this small dose of sizodon, it's not required. Often this side effect reduces by itself over the time, there is no requirement to stop existing medication. 

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