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How long are cholinergic agonists such as pilocarpine required to be held before doing tear assessments (ocular scoring and Schirmer’s) and sialography/salivary collection?

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Rheumatology · University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco
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Discussed this with ocular and oral colleagues in the Berkeley Sjogren's Clinic. Neither request patients be off secretagogues before testing. If the testing is normal, and there is a reason to retest, they will ask the patient to hold the medication for 12-24 hours. Ocular expert did not see much e...

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