Peter, I have a friend who underwent OC radiation treatments around 10 years ago. She has suffered with over-production of saliva and a sour taste in her mouth ever since she was about 6 months post rads. She searched far and wide (I tried to help search too) for an answer to what was going on and how to stop it. Unfortunately after looking for answers for many years, nothing was ever found. I got the closest we ever came to what was happening with her... my doc advised me that her extra saliva production was the opposite of what OC patients normally experience after rads. Its almost as if her saliva function was broken going into rads and the rad treatments pretty much damaged her further by making her saliva glands over-produce. This is something shes dealt with for many years without ever finding another person who was similar, that is until now with you posting.

Im sorry! I wish I had better news to share.

Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile