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ICS and rinsing your mouth

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Is it possible to feel systemic side effects with an ICS if enough of the medicine stays in your mouth?

When i've used ICS in the past, I have noticed that rinsing with water or mouth wash isn't enough to avoid unpleasant side effects. I find that brushing my teeth is the key.

Can anyone else relate to this?

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Possibly.

I've been on ICS since last summer and have only forgotten to rinse my mouth out once in all that time. I haven't had thrush, but I have noticed that my mouth is a lot more delicate than it used to be. However careful I am, I get big blood blisters when I eat anything crunchy like Ryvita or crisps, and sometimes with no obvious trauma. Some of them ulcerate and take a couple of weeks to heal. I've never had that before.

Is that the kind of thing you mean?

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