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Originally Posted by peppermintpatty
I have a horrible dry mouth from meds, to the point where it's causing dental issues. I have a swollen lip, a cut at the side of my mouth, sores in my mouth, etc. I'm using Biotene mouth wash, medicated mouth rinse, rinsing with salt water, keeping water by the bed & sipping constantly, using lip balm, etc.
Any other ideas? I hate to complain about a side effect when it's nowhere near the pain in my leg, but it's just so very annoying. 
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This can become a serious problem. It happened to me. Your mouth needs the natural saliva to keep decay from growing. When I was on a morphine sulfate, and from what I have been told they are the worse meds. in this regard, my mouth was so dry it did damage and quickly like 4 months. The dentist told me to stop taking it which I did my PM Doctor switched me to something else. But what important is the dentist RXed a medication that brings saliva to the mouth. I don't remember the name it began with an R. Ask you dentist.
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