Compiled from various sources (patients, webpages)
Check with your doctors

1) dry mouth
Dry mouth can be relieved in many patients by simple measures such as
frequent sips of cool drinks or sucking pieces of ice/chips or sugar-free
fruit pastilles (sugarless hard candy). chew (sugarless)gum, drink water
Biotene is for dry mouth, so if a person is sipping water and/or club
soda, they may not need as much Biotene.
http://www.dentist.net/biotene-oral-balance-gel.asp
http://www.just4teeth.com/s.nl/sc.5/category.17/ctype.KB/it.I/id.153629/KB.248/.f

Biotene Gum Dry Mouth FAQ - you might have to ask a pharmacist or local
Wal-Mart to order it.  a box of 16 pieces for about $1.59 US
Biotene Dry Mouth Toothpaste FAQ's
Biotene Childrens Products FAQ's
Biotene Mouthwash Dry Mouth FAQ's
Biotene OralBalance Dry Mouth FAQ's
Biotene Dry Mouth Treatments

2) thick mucous
Cold fizzy club soda is one of many names for water that has been charged
with carbon
dioxide. It is also referred to as soda water, carbonated water, sparkling
water and Seltzer water. It's available in cans (maybe bottles) in grocery
stores. Swill it, gargle it, spit it out

3) pain
Steph's mix (for pain)
"liquid mixture of nystatin, viscous xylocaine and an anti-inflammatory "
(swish, gargle and/or swallow) If they don't mix it, ask them for
prescription and
find a compounding pharmacy.

You can also ask your doctor if he has some samples of Ulcerease or a
patient starter kit of Gelclair. Gelclair is expensive.
Ulcerease http://backupmd.com/uleasanmoutr.html
"an ideal treatment for those undergoing chemotherapy who have
significantstomatitis, painful tongues (glossodynia), mouth ulcers and
painful oral
sores." (says not to swallow)
Ulcerease A 6 oz. bottle was about $6 US. It goes a long way, you don't
need to use a lot of it to get the effect.

I liked Gelclair more but Biotene is more available.
Gelclair http://www.gelclair.com/ Pain relief from oral mucositis
http://www.gelclair.co.uk/
Gelclair is an oral gel that helps in the management of pain associated
with oral lesions.

4) thrush -
Nystatin is a broad spectrum antifungal agent - nystatin mouthwash for
thrush
Nystatin oral suspension 100,000 units/mL; pastilles 100,000 units:
100,000 units 4 times daily after food, usually for 7 days (continued for
48 hours after lesions have resolved); higher doses may be needed for
immunosuppressed patients. (e.g. 500,000 units 4 times daily).
* Nystatin is not absorbed from the gastro-intestinal tract.

* Good denture care is important. Nystatin may be used as a denture soak
for the duration of treatment.

5) tooth protection -  Biotene mouthwash (and gum or pastilles for when
she's out).
fluoride rinse for use at night; Consumes sugar remaining on teeth (tooth
decay prevention)

Nose Congestion:
Ask doctor about using the 12-hour nasal spray; helps the nose, but it's a

vasoconstrictor and might affect healing if it hits the wrong places.
No matter how careful you are squirting this stuff up your nose, some of
it will trickle down the back of your nasopharynx. The cheaper versions
come in a squirt bottle that will give a stream of liquid.
Afrin brand offers an atomizer bottle that's somewhat reusable and gives a
better
dispersion, i.e. less medicine for the same coverage. If you want to try
this stuff, this is your best bet.

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Scottish choices

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Artificial saliva

The four  main saliva substitutes currently available on the UK market are

Glandosane™, Luborant™, Saliva Orthana™ and Oral Balance Saliva
Replacement Gel™. The first three products are sprays; Glandosane™ relies
on sodium
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) to provide viscosity and does not contain
fluoride. It has a pH of 5.06 and uses carbon dioxide as a propellant.
Luborant™ also contains CMC for viscosity but its pH is higher at 6.0 and
it contains 2 ppm fluoride. Saliva Orthana™ contains mucin manufactured
form
the gastric mucosa of the pig instead of CMC. Like Luborant™ it contains 2
ppm
fluoride and has a pH of 6.69.

An in vitro trial of all 3 sprays on tooth enamel showed that Saliva
Orthana and Luborant were potentially good remineralising agents. In
contrast
Glandosane™ produced subsurface demineralisation; the low pH and absence
of fluoride in this product means it should not be recommended for dentate

patients (Joyston-Bechal & Kidd 1987). Artificial saliva has been shown to

offer greater symptomatic relief than water (Duxbury et al 1989). A
comparison of CMC saliva and mucin saliva found that patients preferred
the mucin
saliva.
They complained that the CMC saliva felt sticky. Both types of saliva
improved denture retention. Mucin saliva tended to last longer and
therefore less
was required per day (Vissink A et al 1983). Saliva sprays are not
effective
unless used correctly; the whole of the oral mucosa should be coated by
several
spraysof the product.

The Oral Balance Dry Mouth System™ comprises Oral Balance Dry Mouth Saliva

Replacement Gel™, Biotene Dry Mouth Anti-bacterial Toothpaste™ and Biotene

Mouthwash™. This system contains lactoperoxidase, glucose oxidase and
lysozyme to mimic the salivary peroxidase system and thus improve oral
health. The
manufacturers recommend that Biotene™ toothpaste and mouthwash are used
with the gel as the presence of  detergents and foaming agents in other
products can destroy the enzymes in the gel. There is evidence that these
products are
potentially beneficial, but none of the studies are conclusive
(Lenander-Lumikari et al 1993, Toljanic et al 1996). It has not been
compared
to other saliva substitutes to date.
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