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  • What must I do to cure my dry mouth? I'm 25, and until I was about 21 I never had dry mouth. Some mornings I would wake up with a little drool on my pillow, but since my dry mouth began that has never happened. (I'm not saying that I want it to happen, but it's worth noting.) I now wake every morning with a dry mouth, and my mouth is relatively dry all day. It definitely wasn't alcohol that started it, and even if I go a month without a drop of alcohol it changes nothing. I think, though I'm not certain, that my dry mouth started after my first ever penicillin prescription. I've tried a million things already, only one has ever made a difference. I switched from a multi-vitamin with iron to one without iron; that change brought relief from canker sores though, not the dry mouth. I'll list things I have ruled out by experience: toothpaste, mouth wash, vitamins, medicines/drugs, alcohol, pop, dehydration, sugar, and some others. This has plagued me for years, and I'm sick of it. The real downside is the intermittent bad breath which was never a problem before the dry mouth started. I think diet is the only thing that might help, as I've tried every hygiene option. (By the way, my teeth and gums are in excellent health, so says my dentist.) Please help.

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Do you have allergies? If your nose is stuffy during the night, that could lead to you breathing through your mouth while sleeping and dry mouth. Other possible culprits: vitamins or supplements (vitamin C and chromium dry out my mouth something fierce), allergy medicines, sleep apnea, it could be anything. Have you tried keeping a food (and medication diary) and ruling things out one by one?

LuckySeven~

in the old people/diabetes section of pharmacies/grocery stores you'll usually find dry mouth lozenges. it won't find the cause, but it will help the symptom.

nadawi

LuckySeven~ I have absolutely no known allergies, not even slight ones. The sleep thing is possible, I guess.

dvrcthewrld

Biotene is a good mouthwash (they also have toothpaste) for people with dry mouths. When I have a dry mouth I like to eat sour candy because it makes me salivate. Any sour candy will do.

IndigoRain

I know you said you ruled out toothpaste and mouthwash, but have you specifically tried http://www.biotene.com/ to see if it actually helps?

scody

Yes, I've tried Biotene and others. And I gave them months to work. When I try something, I give it an honest try.

dvrcthewrld

Do you have dry eyes too?

purpleclover

Have you seen a rheumatologist? Dry mouth is a hallmark of http://www.sjogrens.org

HotToddy

You can also find dry mouth toothpaste and mouthwash. Even if toothpaste isn't the cause per se, switching to a type for dry mouth might fix it. Biotene is the one I have seen/used and it's kindof expensive but works. Strangely, I have had a similar but less severe [only really an issue at night] problem from a similar age... Switching toothpaste and mouthwash has mostly fixed it for me. When I use normal toothpaste, it's back, so my assumption is that toothpaste causes it, but possibly toothpaste doesn't cause it and is just capable of fixing it. If that makes sense.

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