THE TYPES AND CONTENTS OF SWEETENERS IN LIQUID ORAL MEDICINES

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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 2001;28(4):661-667.
Published online November 30, 2001.

THE TYPES AND CONTENTS OF SWEETENERS IN LIQUID ORAL MEDICINES

경구용 액체약에 함유된 감미제의 종류와 함량

황민성, 김정욱, 이상훈

서울대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실 및 치학연구소

Abstract

Though a consensus seems to exist about the regulation of the use of sugar-containing food, however. an unrecognized and significant supply of cariogenic carbohydrate remains in the form of sugar-containing liquid oral medicine to prevent dental caries. children who are taking long-term sugar-containing liquid medicine have an increased risk of developing dental caries. The aim of this study is to get the information about the sugars in liquid medicines prescribed for the children. To get the information, the number and date of all prescriptions of liquid medicines for one month at pediatric hospital of Seoul National University Hospital were investigated. From that data, the most frequently used pediatric oral liquid medicine is presented. Then, for the information of the type and contents of sweeteners in that preferred medicines, the manufacturers of each medicines were asked for the data of sugar types and contents, and the informations about the medicine contents were collected via facsimile. The most frequently used pediatric oral liquid medicine were followed as expectorant, purge, antibiotic, drug for iron deficiency anemia, sedative, antihistamine, anticonvulsant, NSAIDs in order. The mean value of sweetener content in liquid medicines was 52.3±22.4g/100ml and most frequently used sweetener is sucrose.

Key Words: Liquid medicine, Syrup, Sweetener, Medicine caries, Dental caries