Ribavirin can cause mouth sores and dehydration, which can make your mouth feel dry and have a bad taste.
Ribavirin can cause you to have an allergic reaction that might show up as a rash on your skin. It can also show up as an irritation in your mouth and throat. If you normally get mouth ulcers, they may get worse while you are on treatment.
Quick Tips:
Eat soft or pureed foods. Baby foods or toddler foods may be good substitutes.
Drink nectars instead of juices.
There really ought to be a prescription with something like that to guide you. Those are even complete words. It's probably harmless if swallowed (within the prescribed parameters anyway), but may have been intended for the mouth.
i had to stop the riba for a couple weeks because of really bad anemia and now know what sx were caused by it alone....corners of my mouth cracked and sore...gums real sensitive ..sores in my mouth...bad taste...all gone now that i had to stop the riba...once i start again i'm sure it will be back....like cando says magic mouthwash helps...good luck....
s a combination of benedryl liquid, maalox and lidocaine, you swish it over the sores and it numbs and also heals them up faster. But you need to see a dentist or doctor for that. There are pastes in the dental isles for cankor sores that you could use to cover the sore and numb it, Canka makes one and I'm sure there are others.
I tried the magic mouth wash. It did not work. I tried biotene for dry mouth, didn't help much.If you get the sores in the corners of your mouth use monistat. I was shocked when my dentist asked me if I had any. I said that end is fine. LOL He said you get a yeast infection in the corners of your mouth. It helped.Any time I ate any thing spicey or even pizza my mouth burned bad. Dentist said it is burning mouth syndrome. What next???????
What is the best OTC treatment for dry mouth and especially sore and painful tongue caused by dry mouth. Biotene samples are not giving me the relief I need and neither is saliva subsitute. They only last less than a minute. I have been constantly chewing bubble gum because I don't know what else to do but that is making my tongue more raw and sore and causing minor mouth sores.
Hello Bodie123,
Welcome to the allergy forum. I see you joined Med Help this month.
I knew next to nothing about canker sores, so I looked up canker sores
in a resource book I have called " Prescription for Nutritional Healing
( Fourth Edition ) by Phyllis A Balch, CNC. This book is apparently
America's Number ! Guide to Natural Health. In case you want to buy
this book, it was copyrighted in 2006 and the ISBN 1-58333-236-7.
Interferon can cause a plethora of mouth sores and ulcers. You might have a fungal thing going on… I had a white, non-removable plaque for a while, along with sores. You can ask your doctor for ‘Magic Mouthwash’; this is a prescription medication that contains lidocaine, Maalox, and Nystatin that numbs on contact. It’s a swish ‘n swallow mix that needs to be concocted by your local pharmacy.
I am terrified of needles too and I FELT NOTHING.. They used Buffered Lidocaine injection which I did not feel any of.. I must admit, I did put over the counter Lidocaine cream all over my breast about an hour before the procedure. I used this Lidocaine cream on my arm before a tetanus shot that I had to get and was so afraid of and I was screaming for the nurse to WAIT but.. IT WAS ALREADY DONE! Helps a lot so you don't feel pain.
Nurse also gave me tips for next time I get an injection.
Is your husband on treatment for HCV? I have the same problem with mouth sores...inside my mouth and in the corners of it. The sores inside flare every couple days after my Friday shot..usually by Monday then fade by late Wednesday. A Biotene mouthwash or spray at work helps as does a weak salt/soda solution to rinse with.
The fever concerns me though, especially if he is treating. I think a call to his Dr. may be warranted for that.
Good luck and hope he feels better soon............
The magic mouthwash that I know of is maalox, benedryl, and lidocaine. It'll soothe the sores and make it feel better but it won't actually get rid of the thrush. I found, I was plagued with it for the last few months of tx. I took Nystatin continuously, found that, it didn't get rid of it but at least kept it at bay. The yoghurt with live cultures is a good suggestion, also acidopholus capsules.
Mouth sores are not uncommon; may be related to low bloodwork (at least that's when I get it). You can get an aneshthetic mouth rinse but just using a mouthwash, like Biotine or Listerine, will cause them to at least improve in just a few days.
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