Dry mouth.......

HappyBird · Post by **HappyBird** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:14 am

Not being very experienced as a MC sufferer.......

I have noticed in the past few days that my mouth gets dry. I drink what I believe is enough so now perplexed about my dry mouth.

My fluid intake consists of : 2 coffees, 400-500mls almond milk, 30ml Berry juice in 250mls water & about 1L of spring water. My dinners of turkey, sweet potato & carrot is served in about 150 - 200mls of turkey stock. Together about 2.5L.

My medication includes a water pill called Furosemide. I have taken 40mg daily but now reducing the dose to half on alternate days.

Post by **tex** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 1:55 pm

The Furosemide (together with the dehydration potential from active MC) is probably causing dehydration. You might need to drink more water, if that won't undo the medical benefits of the Furosemide. Did your doctor offer any recommendation on how much water you could drink while using it?

Tex

HappyBird · Post by **HappyBird** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 2:27 pm

Thanks for the reply Tex.....

No advice was given at all. I'm taking it for swollen angles and hypertension. The hypertension is well controlled so I'm hoping to reduce the Furosemide to 20mg per day then possibly 20mg every second day.

Over the years I have realised that conventional medicine deals with symptoms mostly and not always he causes of the problems. I used to take a very gentle water tablet but my GP stopped it without telling me - I swelled up terribly and began wheezing. I disengaged with that one and the new GP put me on Furosemide.

I try to manage by being sensible about drinking and checking my skin for signs of dehydration.

PS : PS: Tex, do you have experience of taking 12gr of Great Lakes Kosher Collagen twice a day. I was wondering if the collagen was giving me a dry mouth. I have had the dry mouth since roughly since I started the collagen.

Just realised my headache has gone! Yay!

Post by **tex** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:11 pm

Many medications can cause dry mouth, including antihistamines, decongestants, muscle relaxants and pain medications, for example.

I have never taken a collagen supplement, nor am I aware of anyone else who has. That said, ordinary gelatine is collagen, so anyone who eats jello or similar products is ingesting collagen. That's quite a coincidence on the time frame for the dry mouth relative to the collagen supplement. Maybe there's an "inactive" ingredient in it that's causing the problem.

That's great that your headache is gone.

Headaches and migranes, and the nausea that sometimes accompanied them, were often my most debilitating symptoms when I was reacting. They were more likely to prevent me from being able to work than all the aches and pains and D.

Tex

HappyBird · Post by **HappyBird** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 2:45 am

Thanks Tex

I'll proceed very cautiously adding vegetables. I felt I was dying at my very worst and kept saying my food was poisoning me - don't remember much else except the terrible cramps, pain & EWD. It's been a nightmare.

nick · Post by **nick** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:57 am

Hi...yes, dry mouth! I had a bad time with this for ages (months at least...probably at least a year) and put it down to my gut not absorbing liquid as it is supposed to. I would wake many times in the night to drink water but this would never satisfy my dry mouth for more than a few minutes. I have never taken any medications for more than a few weeks at a time. And in the morning I would also have to cough up thick disgusting phlegm...yuk! It was yet another horrible thing to have to deal with. Luckily I seem to be ok now.

Good luck!

Post by **tex** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 9:17 am

HappyBird,

Nicks post reminded me of something else. During the times when my magnesium deficiency was at it's worst, I had dry mouth, so I would drink more water. But the more water I drank, the more it went straight to my kidneys, and the more dehydrated I became. It was a vicious cycle. I would be up several times during the night to empty my bladder (something I never had to do before), but my mouth would still be dry, prompting me to drink more water, and just perpetuating the cycle. And during the night, when I would run out of magnesium, my BP was way too low. During the day, after I drank a lot of water, my blood volume would be much higher, and so my BP would be way too high.

After I doubled my magnesium supplement, those problems disappeared.

Tex

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 2:24 pm

Agree with Tex, once I fixed key nutritional deficiencies, ie magnesium, I no longer had dry mouth issues...

My thinking is as to why so many medications have a side effect of dry mouth, is that the medication depletes magnesium.

Post by **tex** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 3:30 pm

Gabes wrote:My thinking is as to why so many medications have a side effect of dry mouth, is that the medication depletes magnesium.

I believe you're right on target with your thinking. If I recall correctly, there are something like 400 medications that deplete magnesium.

Tex

HappyBird · Post by **HappyBird** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:29 pm

Thanks Nick, Gabes & Tex.......

It just so happens I haven't started my magnesium oil yet. I wanted to add a green vegetable first, now that I'm second day of zucchini with no I'll effects it will have to me magnesium next. I'm sure you are quite right about magnesium.

I behave very much the way Tex described in his last post. In the mornings I can't wake up and some days I do some chores, have breakfast and fall asleep an hour later. It's terrible for my partner on weekends - during the week it doesn't bother anyone so I get away with it. After lunch and onwards I'm better and more alert. My GP did Full blood count and one for diabetes. All results came back OK.

I have bad nights because of needing to get up for a wee but also contend with snoring from a French Bulldog and a source I dare not mention. My recent flare ups meant I only got to bed at 3am most nights.

I'll start using the magnesium oil on arms and legs, fingers crossed it agrees with my skin.