"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 618 | Try Biotene mouth wash. Its made for low saliva patients. I kept some on my nightstand when it was bad for me. I would swish some before going to bed and then have it available for later if need be. It helped some but nothing got rid of the dry mouth like time. I can sleep through the night now without any problems and a good deal of my saliva has returned but it took months.
Kelly Male 48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt., Stage 1, T3n0m0, Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09 04-20-10 NED 8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b 10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly 3-12-12 PET - residual cancer 4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux 6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR 12-3-12 PET - CLEAR
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