I used Salagen all through my IMRT treatments, and my oncologist was very pleased with my "wet" mouth... finally about a month after my treatments ended, the repeated "sweats" finally got to me and I stopped taking them. Of course, now my mouth is pretty dry, especially when I sleep or am outside in the hot Arizona sun... I might have to try taking them again, maybe once right before bedtime like Kris above....

Isn't salivary function supposed to return to somewhat normal levels when you do salivary-gland sparing IMRT? I've heard it can take as long as 18 months for them to get cranked back up again, however... just curious...

Tongue cancer (SCC), diagnosed Oct. 2003 (T2 N0 M0). Surgery to remove tumor. IMRT Radiation 30x in Dec 2003 - Jan. 2004. Recurrence lymph node - radical neck dissection June 2004. Second round of rad/chemo treatments ended Sept. 2004.