Dear Jerry,
Thanks for the web cite. I've been looking for Dr. Niemtzow since he practiced in Bethesda. I'll often recommend acupuncture to people who don't qualify for our gene therapy for xerostomia clinical trial at NIH. As noted by others, sometimes acupuncture is found to be helpful to dry mouth symptoms. Have seen some recent multisite clinical trials using acupuncture during treatment which are enrolling but nothing for those who are years out from their radiation.
Thanks.


Hx of stage IV non-oral cancer tx with radiation, chemo & surgery in 2005. Currently a research nurse with National Institutes of Health working on a clinical trial using gene therapy for radiation-induced xerostomia. [email protected]