A medicament for the treatment of salivary gland disorder

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine for the treatment of salivary gland disorder.;SOLUTION: The invention provides a medicine containing (3S, 4R)-3-ethyldihydro-4-[(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)methyl]furan-2(3H)one (generic name: pilocarpine) or its pharmacologically allowable salt having restoration action on the degeneration, atrophy, etc., of salivary gland cell and increasing action on the number of muscarine receptors, and useful for the treatment of diseases accompanying the tissue disorder of the salivary gland such as Sjoegren's syndrome, chronic sialoadenitis, viral diseases and type I or II diabetes, the treatment of salivary gland disorder caused by chemotherapy or radiotherapy, etc., of cancer and the improvement of salivary gland sensitivity, etc.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT