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Dry Mouth. Particularly at night. Solutions?
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Jul 13, 2025 | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Was your acupuncture a treatment for dry mouth? I haven't heard of electro acupuncture. I tried 8 or 9 regular acupuncture sessions about a year after my radiation/chemo with no improvement. Did your saliva return to normal?
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Hi @longboat1,
Yes, it was for the brutal dry mouth I had, but it had some other positive effects too on my neck. Electroacupuncture is a form of acupuncture that uses electrical stimulation to enhance the therapeutic effects of traditional acupuncture. Thin needles are inserted into specific acupoints on the body, and a mild electrical current is then passed between the needles.
Tried it in 2015 which was offered at my cancer clinic for head & neck cancer patients. I was tested to get a baseline and retested after 8-10 appts. and had great results. Never needed to go back and to this day 10 yrs. later dry mouth is a non-issue, and I don't have to carry a water bottle with me either.
Best of luck,
Rob