 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Ethyol is something given by injection. It's not something that gets put through a tube.
It is not only for chemo--it can prevent xerostomia (drymouth) whether or not you are having chemo. Depending on what your Dad's radiation plan is, he may be at more or less risk of lasting drymouth. Ethyol is hard to take (it made me vomit almost every single time) and isn't anywhere near 100% efective at preventing drymouth (I still have a very dry mouth) so there are some plusses and some minuses.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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