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Very dry mouth with Mounjaro and CPAP even with taping
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:22 pm
by remstarcpap
Longtime cpap user, Resmend s9 Auto, Resmed P10 mask.
Since taking Mounjaro, I often get severely dry mouth at night with cpap. I have taped for years, but even with taping my mouth gets super dry.
Question: What could improve this? Would a full-face mask help, as it could deliver humidified air directly to my mouth? I had been using Biotene Oral Balance Gel, the old formula, which helped quite a bit. The newer Biotene gel lasts less long but helps.
Any other suggestions? The dry mouth is the only side effect of Mounjaro, which has helped me to lose 25 lbs so far.
Re: Very dry mouth with Mounjaro and CPAP even with taping
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 3:33 pm
by LSAT
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remstarcpap wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:22 pm
Longtime cpap user, Resmend s9 Auto, Resmed P10
mask.
Since taking Mounjaro, I often get severely
dry mouth at night
with cpap. I have taped for years, but even
with taping my
mouth gets super
dry.
Question: What could improve this? Would a
full-
face mask help, as it could deliver humidified air directly to my
mouth? I had been using Biotene Oral Balance Gel, the old formula, which helped quite a bit. The newer Biotene gel lasts less long but helps.
Any other suggestions? The
dry mouth is the only side effect of Mounjaro, which has helped me to lose 25 lbs so far.
Re: Very dry mouth with Mounjaro and CPAP even with taping
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 4:09 pm
by zonker
i agree with lsat's recommendation. been using them for almost 10 years. good stuff!
Re: Very dry mouth with Mounjaro and CPAP even with taping
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2025 9:47 am
by lazarus
Eating less means that a person is taking in less water in his or her food, so many on GLP-1/GIP medications have to put extra effort into drinking enough water to make up for that fact.
But I'm sure you know that.
Re: Very dry mouth with Mounjaro and CPAP even with taping
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2025 6:20 am
by ChicagoGranny
remstarcpap wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:22 pm
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dry mouth at night
with cpap. I have taped for years, but even
with taping my
mouth gets super
dry.
For
dry mouth, I use Trident sugar-free gum. One piece is placed into a lower cheek, and a second piece is placed into the upper cheek on the other side. Place them in whole just before putting on the
mask. It might take a few nights of practice to get the method down. I've been doing this for years. My dentist approves.
BTW, I also tape. I have chronic
dry mouth and use one piece in a cheek when I go out or have a visitor. When it's just Gramps and I at home, I use Xylimelt discs or TheraBreath lozenges. I can't get either to last all night, thus the Trident.
remstarcpap wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:22 pm
Would a
full-
face mask help, as it could deliver humidified air directly to my
mouth?
CPAP humidifiers are designed to moisturize the nasal passages. They have little effect on
mouth-breathing.