Help Requested: Mouth/Gums/Teeth Problems
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freespirit3
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My friend is experiencing "dry mouth/achy gums/sensitive teeth" supposedly due to chemo-induced menopause. She's using all the biotene (dry mouth products,toothpaste, gel, spray/gum) and started Salagen (pilocarpine) 5mg 3x/day. Any other suggestions?
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
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Your friend could try making a mouthwash using plain baking soda and water. It's a good moisturizer and really helped me. Just stir really well as it can feel a bit "gritty" in the mouth.
Also she can whip up a lemon/water spritz/rinse. Just use the juice of half a lemon and add about 3 ounces of water. Gargle well. Or put it into a spray bottle and keep refrigerated and spritz the inside of the mouth and back of the throat as needed.
There's an array of rx mouth rinses she can get from her dentist to help with the teeth sensitivity, as well as trying plain old OTC Sensodyne toothpaste.
If she's a mouth breather, while sleeping, then that makes it all worse. She could try using the
Breathe Right brand of nasal strips at bedtime to help keep her nasal passages open in an effort to help her breathe through her nose during sleep.
Hope she finds some relief soon.
Love, light and laughter,
Ink0
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