[Dysphagia] effects of barium on saliva production

[pressmah at sjhmc.org (Pressman, Hilda)]

I have never had a patient report any change.  I have also taken barium and did not note a change.  What prompted your question?

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Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:31 AM
To: dysphagia at b9.com
Subject: [Dysphagia] effects of barium on saliva production


Hello all, 

Does anyone know anything about the effects of barium on saliva
production? I've done a cursory literature search on the subject and
have come up empty-handed. I would like to know if the production of
saliva is altered in any way with po intake of barium (in normals and/or
other populations), as this could obviously have a significant impact on
interpreting MBS/VFSS data. 

Thanks for any help, 

SG
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