Yup ... that is the first thing I bought and used it for a while. Things began to settle down on their own for a while unless I talk a lot.
I started to have a problem with my lower left tooth and my caregiver could clearly see that one or two cavities were there. When I left my sister and brother-in-law's home I had seen a great dentist there and everything was fine when I left in late 2015. I later read whereby Biotene can cause cavities. I do not have any dental insurance and with all the other medical problems (including being bedridden 3 months at different times after being here) I haven't had a chance to get to a dentist here. Every... single... day is filled with something to do or something to begun or problems I have been having. *Sigh* I got the name of one from a friend of mine here and I made an appointment at one time but then had to cancel it. I have been trying to find the opportunity ever since but other things have taken top priority. One time when I called them they asked me if I have ever heard of the available travel dentist or dentist outfit and what I like a number. I told them that I hope to make it to the dentist so I said no at the time. I guess that is an option but they probably cost an arm and a leg and a few toes and more. My expenses have increased 50% since my husband passed away and moving away from being able to live with my sister and brother-in-law. I never had to pay for a 24-hour live-in caregiver before. People better write it down in their calendars if I can write a short e-mail. LOL. ~Lori On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Danny Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: > Lori, as for the dry mouth issue have any of you tried Biotene mouthwash > ? they sell it at stores such as walgreens, some people said it really > helps them. Dan** > > > On Monday, December 26, 2016 7:12 PM, Lori Michaelson < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Larry... > > I have been on Ditropan (Oxybutynin) for 37 years. > > I first started out with 5 mg twice a day but then when I began to have > some bladder spasms in 2014 after I left my first visit to my local PCP > there (who had an office that had a pretty good size 3 inch dip entrance > because nothing in that town is accessible except for Wal-Mart or a grocery > store or one other physician I saw there) and going down off that drop from > his office with 6 tires they were quickly resolved with Extended Release > Oxybutynin - 10 mg twice a day. > > But now that that nurse stretched my urethra beyond all recognition > causing me to leak terribly around my catheter I am now on Oxybutynin ER > (15 mg) which is the maximum dose but, unfortunately, that did not solve my > problem and now I am looking at surgery. I will never forget that woman! > > Anyway, to answer your question... I have never experienced burning mouth > syndrome. Only dry mouth... which occurred when I had to up it to 15 mg > twice a day. Dry mouth IS a side effect but, again, I only began > experiencing it after increasing it to 15 mg extended release twice a day > until I can get this damn problem (not caused by me) taken care of. > > I hope to get off of the medication simply because starting in the new > year my co-pay for it will be over $80 a month! That is the only extremely > high co-pay with the only Part D original Medicare can offer me with the > medications I am on. Our government is getting worse with Medicare and > Medicaid but I only been eligible for Original Medicare because, God > forbid, I did something like getting any Baccalaureate Degree, a job and > working and my husband did as well so I am not eligible for any Medicaid > programs until I tried to find out more about and perhaps go ahead and open > an ABLE account when it starts sometime in 2017 in Arizona. Other states > start earlier even though it is open nationwide now. I haven't had time to > look in depth about it because of my urology problem and making decisions > on what exactly to do to resolve it. Which I hope to find out on January 12. > > How long have you been on it and when did you begin experiencing the > burning mouth syndrome? > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Question- Can extended use of ditropan (oxybutynin) lead to burning mouth > syndrome? Anyone else here experienced such a thing? It is a miserable > curse. Any food with even the slightest spice feels like a marriage of > cayenne and habanero. Sprite and Crest toothpaste both make my eyes water. > It will go away for a week or two then come roaring back. Anybody got a > clue? > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > -- > "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and > heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean > Koontz > > > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
