# Over active saliva glands

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-active-saliva-glands/145031>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 26, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-active-saliva-glands/145031 "2002-12-26T21:35:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-active-saliva-glands/145031/1 "2002-12-26T21:35:19Z")

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I salivate…a lot. It doesn’t matter what time of day, whether I’m eating or not, but my body produces a lot of saliva. Hell, even my dentist commented on it. Is there anything I can do about this?

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-active-saliva-glands/145031/2 "2002-12-26T21:38:00Z")

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You might ask your dentist. Or your doc. Or some people use over-the-counter anti-allergy meds like chlorpheniramine or diphenhydramine to decrease their secretions. Of course, that might just give you lots of stringy, ropy spit.

QtM, MD