Hi,

I heard someone today say they were considering Salagen to help dry mouth symptoms. My problem is I wake up every hour at night due to a severe dry mouth. When I drink water it burns, as the post radiation blisters are still healing. After a few minutes however the burn subsides and then I go to sleep for another hour or so.

Any suggestions regarding Salagen or anything else I can do to get a good night's sleep would be helpful. I hate taking drugs, but will consider if it will help more than hurt.

Thanks in advance!

Chetan

Last edited by cs-scc; 08-10-2011 06:19 PM.

Chetan
SCC, lateral tongue, age 53, Tongue resection & neck dissection 5/6/11; T1N2BM0, RTX (35 sessions starting 6/8/11)/chemo (3x starting 6/10/11) Last cisplatin 7/22. RTX complete 7/27. PEG in 6/9/11, out 8/31/11