Emerging treatments
Interleukin (IL)-2 lozenges
Improves dry mouth symptoms and salivary gland biopsy.
Autologous sera
Autologous sera may improve patient-reported symptoms of dry eye in people with or without Sjogren syndrome compared with artificial tears.[115] However, benefits were inconsistent and autologous sera lacked effect using other objective clinical measures. A small study suggests that diluting autologous serum with sodium hyaluronate may increase its duration and effect on the ocular surface of patients with Sjogren syndrome.[116]
Acupuncture for dry eye
One meta-analysis suggests that acupuncture is more effective than artificial tears for treating dry eye syndrome. However, the included studies showed high heterogeneity.[117]
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