Helen,

Salagen is a pill version of the drug pilocarpine, which apparently has been used in drop form for many years to treat glaucoma. (I guess the glaucoma patients found that one side effect was that they salivated a lot, so someone thought about using this for people with dry mouth problems.)

Eileen is right that if you use too high a dose, you can perspire heavily. I use 5mg three times a day (and with some experimentation I've found that I have less of an increase in perspiration if I take it most of the way through the meal, rather than on an empty stomach).

I'm missing some salivary glands, but evidently have enough left that function to some extent, so the Salagen gives them a boost.

Cathy