L-Glutamine Question

Nascarchristy
Nascarchristy Member Posts: 15
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

Hello all, I was going to go ahead and try the L-Glutamine for my husbands very dry mouth and very thick secresions(they are actually choking him) can anyone give me specific directions on how to use how often etc...?

Thanks Christy

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  • phrannie51
    phrannie51 Member Posts: 4,716
    #2
    I used to mix it up by

    the liter (I used a tiny funnel to get the LG into the bottle)....then fill with water....I think I was using 4 to 6 tablespoons per liter....at the time I was using it, the mixture was the only thing I was getting via mouth....I'd get down from 1/2 to 3/4 of the bottle in the course of the whole day.  I kept it next to my chair, and sip on it to keep my mouth from feeling so dry (which makes mouth sores hurt worse)....I don't think there's a way to over-do LG, especially with throat cancer treatment.....a person isn't going to get enough down.

    p 

  • robswife87
    robswife87 Member Posts: 209
    #3
    phrannie51 said:

    I used to mix it up by

    the liter (I used a tiny funnel to get the LG into the bottle)....then fill with water....I think I was using 4 to 6 tablespoons per liter....at the time I was using it, the mixture was the only thing I was getting via mouth....I'd get down from 1/2 to 3/4 of the bottle in the course of the whole day.  I kept it next to my chair, and sip on it to keep my mouth from feeling so dry (which makes mouth sores hurt worse)....I don't think there's a way to over-do LG, especially with throat cancer treatment.....a person isn't going to get enough down.

    p 

    If tablet

    I did not find the powder but bought the tablet and crushed 2 and put it in a 16oz bottle of water and shook it up. Rob would shake it up throught the day of drinking it. He could usually with prodding drink 1/2 to 3/4 of a bottle a day

    Sandy

  • lornal
    lornal Member Posts: 428
    #4
    Club Soda

    If you can handle the carbonation - gargling with club soda, and then drinking some helps break up some of that mucos.  I learned this a few weeks ago, and after a few days, it wasn't so bothersome - and I wasn't choking on it.

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