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Old 01-02-2011, 03:47 PM #1
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Please list your experiences/results of mouth washes, home remedies or prescriptions.
My mouth is SO dry not a trace of saliva when I wake throughout the night, starting to effect tooth & gum health.
I drink approx 3 L water/24hrs. Caused by meds. Yes I eat low as reasonable meals.

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My mouth gets so dry (Vesicare and Oxybutin and others meds) make me like a desert. I chew Mist gum if I know I'll be talking, At party, ate a dry dough
boat-shaped thing with stuff. So dry I could not talk, felt like mouth filled with sawdust.

Hear Biotiene mouthwash helps some. My PCP recommends hard lemon candies.
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My bottom gums are receeding due to dry mouth. The dryness is significantly worse at night. I'm a mouth breather, plus one of my medications causes dry mouth.

The best solution I've found is taping my mouth shut. Not joking. If you have good airflow through your nose, I suggest trying it. I bought that cloth type medical tape and cut a small piece, and taped just below my nose from top lip to bottom.

It did help me significantly with the dry mouth, but I got out of the habit of doing it and really need to get back on it.
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Zanaflex dries my mouth out terribly. The hygenist recommended that Biotene mouthwash, but it reminds me of the garbage you have to drink when you're preparing for a colonoscopy, and I gag on it...
Gum chewing seems to re-salivate my mouth. I use a CPAP machine at night, so my mouth is forced shut, thank God...
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I like the lemon drop candies, idea. I like your Doc, kicker.

By the time I found out a med was causing my dry mouth, a few years ago, it was too late to save my, usually healthy, teeth. Had to have all my uppers pulled.
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My PCP recommended looking in Diabetic Candy isle of Supermarket for sugarless Lemon Drops.
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