My husband completed the entire series of amifostine last year and definitely thinks it helped him have less dry mouth and less thick mucositis. He took claritan to prevent allergic reactions and zofran to prevent nausea before each shot and drank ALL the water that they told him too - really important. I think it's worth it. Regards JoAnne

JoAnne - Caregiver to husband, cancer rt. tonsil, mets to soft palate, BOT, 7 lymph nodes - T3N2BM0, stage 4. Robotic assisted surgery, radical neck dissection 2/06; 30 IMTX treatments and 4 cycles of cisplatin completed June 06.