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[Dysphagia] Medication to control saliva


  • Subject: [Dysphagia] Medication to control saliva
  • From: cwade at ahcib.ca (Colleen Wade)
  • Date: Mon Oct 2 10:56:05 2006

At our facility we find Scopolomine to be the best medication for
management of saliva.  Our Respiratory Therapists recommend this before
any other medication for excessive saliva.
 
Colleen Wade MSc, S-LP (C)
Speech-Language Pathologist
Carbonear General Hospital
86 Highroad South
Carbonear, NL
A1Y 1A4
Phone: (709) 945-5602
Fax: (709) 945-3051
cwade@ahcib.ca
 


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