Any Good Remedies for Dry Mouth?

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Dream Weaver
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Any Good Remedies for Dry Mouth?

Post by Dream Weaver » Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:07 am

Does anyone have a cure to prevent or reduce dry mouth. Tried chin strap and full face mask. Even Biotene but the cooler the air the dryer the mouth. Any success stories or cures?

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Sir NoddinOff
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Re: Any Good Remedies for Dry Mouth?

Post by Sir NoddinOff » Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:26 am

Biotene doesn't last, try this Orajel dry mouth moisturizer:

http://www.drugstore.com/orajel-dry-mou ... tid=183812

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Re: Any Good Remedies for Dry Mouth?

Post by JDS74 » Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:32 am

With a full face mask, increasing the humidity a lot can help.
Start by increasing the room humidity and then the CPAP humidifier level and see if that helps.
Then try the OraJel as suggested (never tried it myself but others have and reported good results).
Rainout may become an issue and you may need to have a secondary source of water to get enough to last the night.

Link to external humidifier design:
Here is my setup to solve this problem

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Re: Any Good Remedies for Dry Mouth?

Post by OkyDoky » Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:51 am

I have had to set my humidifier to maximum this winter. I use the Orajel For Dry Mouth before bed. I like the taste better than Biotene and usually it lasts all night but I do keep a spray bottle of Biotene at bedside in case I wake in the night with dry mouth. It's easy to use with a nasal or pillows mask. With dry mouth you do always have to check your leak rate to be sure you are not leaking therapy if not using a FF mask.
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Re: Any Good Remedies for Dry Mouth?

Post by ChicagoGranny » Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:11 pm

Sir NoddinOff wrote:Biotene doesn't last, try this Orajel dry mouth moisturizer:

http://www.drugstore.com/orajel-dry-mou ... tid=183812
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Dream Weaver wrote:Does anyone have a cure to prevent or reduce dry mouth.
What mask do you regularly use?