Dry mouth using inhalers

[Kiaman08]

Hi have not posted for a while My question to fruends is

Any one taking frostair and sabutol inhaler have priblems with dry mouth and a stucky thorat feeling like u got phelegm struck at the back of ur thorat

They say u shud rinse ur mouth after taking frostair

Done that but makes no differe ce

Any advise

Thanks

[PaulineHM]

Hi Kiaman08,

Inhalers can make a mouth dry. After you have taken them do you gargle as well as rinse and spit ?

Are you drinking enough clear fluids through the day ? If not then you could increase the amount you drink and that may make a difference, especially in this dry warmer weather.

Go well.

Pauline

[Straddie in reply to PaulineHM]

I also gargle once a day with listerine which seems to help.

[PaulineHM in reply to Straddie]

Excellent !

[Santap]

I rinse after inhaler but it's not possible all the time eg if your out shopping etc. I find if I buy a small hard sweet to suck on this helps.asked at chemist one time for something for dry mouth and was advised to get a packet of boiled sweets. Hope this helps.

[Chrisvern]

Yes I do and, in addition to all the gargle and drink ideas above, I use Oralieve gel for dry mouth. Particularly during the night when my mouth gets dry enough to wake me up at times. My GP has also prescribed an artificial saliva in the past

However, I am on supplemental oxygen as well as trimbow and ventolin. So, a lot of things drying up the airways. Not on nocturnal oxygen yet

Keep well

Chris

[watergazer]

Hi kiaman08. I use fostairnexthaler and I always gargle after use Hope this helps. Also drink lots of water x

[leonierose]

I bought a mouth cream from boots which helps

[Topsy-Turvey]

Do you use your big balloon spacer? That should help.