Dry mouth Treatments

Alternative Treatments for Dry mouth

Alternative treatments, home remedies, other other complementary therapies that have been listed as possibly helpful for Dry mouth in various sources may include:

• Mind-body exercise
• Breathing exercise
• Coenzyme Q10
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin B complex
• Goldenseal
• Natrum muriaticum
• Aloe
• Hydration
• Water with lime
• Water with lemon
• Water with apple cider vinegar
• Hot chile pepper
• Echinacea extract
• Avoid caffeine
• Avoid acidic sodas
• Avoid acidic drinks
• Avoid salty foods
• Humidify environment
• Avoid alcohol-containing mouthwash
• Salt and baking soda mouthwash
• Avoid toothpaste containing sodium lauryl sulfate
• Breathe through the nose
• Sugarless gum
• Water rinse
• Suck on ice
• Hard candy
• High-fiber diet
• Vegetable-rich diet
• Avoid sugary foods
• Brush effectively
• Soak dentures in 1:10 diluted bleach
• Multivitamin supplement
• Multimineral supplement
• Investigate whether your condition is a side effect from a medication

Drugs and Medications used to treat Dry mouth:

Some of the drugs and medications used in the treatment of Dry mouth may include:

• Pilocarpine
• Adsorbocarpine
• Akarpine
• Almocarpine
• E-Pilo Preparations
• I-Pilopine
• Isopto Carpine
• Minims
• Miocarpine
• Ocusert Pilo-20
• Ocusert Pilo 40
• PE Preparations
• Pilagan
• Pilocar
• Pilopine HS
• Piloptic-1
• Piloptic-2
• Pilosyst 20/40
• Salagen
• Spersacarpine
• Cevimeline - mainly used to treat dry mouth in patients with Sjögren's syndrome
• Evoxac - mainly used to treat dry mouth in patients with Sjögren's syndrome

Treatments for Causes of Dry mouth

Review the treatment information pages for various causes of Dry mouth:

• Riboflavin deficiency
• Vitamin A deficiency
• Sjogren's syndrome - dry mouth
• Sarcoidosis
• HIV
• Radiation exposure
• Sjgren's syndrome
• Cystic fibrosis
• Quinsy
• Botulism
• Anchovy poisoning (clupeotoxin) - dry mouth
• Biliary cirrhosis - dry mouth
• Bonefish poisoning (clupeotoxin) - dry mouth
• Botulism food poisoning - dry mouth
• Breynia officinalis poisoning - dry mouth
• Chemical poisoning -- Carbinoxamine - dry mouth
• Chemical poisoning -- Chloroform - dry mouth
• Chemical poisoning -- Endosulfan - dry mouth
• Chemical poisoning -- Phosphine - dry mouth
• Chemical poisoning -- Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide - dry mouth
• Chemical poisoning -- Vanadium - dry mouth
• Electrolyte abnormality - dry mouth
• Herbal Agent adverse reaction -- Maté - dry mouth
• Herpes zoster oticus - dry mouth
• Herring poisoning (clupeotoxin) - dry mouth
• Heterophobia - dry mouth
• Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - dry mouth
• Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - dry mouth
• Hobo spider poisoning - dry mouth
• Hypnophobia - dry mouth
• Judeophobia - dry mouth
• Lachanophobia - dry mouth
• LSD addiction - dry mouth
• Misogynism - dry mouth
• Misogyny - dry mouth
• Misophobia - dry mouth
• Misosophy - dry mouth
• Molysomophobia - dry mouth
• Monopathophobia - dry mouth
• Monophobia - dry mouth
• Musicophobia - dry mouth
• Musophobia - dry mouth
• Mythophobia - dry mouth
• Myxophobia - dry mouth
• Necrophobia - dry mouth
• Negrophobia - dry mouth
• Neophobia - dry mouth
• Nephophobia - dry mouth
• Noctiphobia - dry mouth
• Nosophobia - dry mouth
• Nudophobia - dry mouth
• Nychtophobia - dry mouth
• Ochlophobia - dry mouth
• Ochophophobia - dry mouth
• Odontophobia - dry mouth
• Odynophobia - dry mouth
• Oecophobia - dry mouth
• Oenophobia - dry mouth
• Oikophobia - dry mouth
• Oinophobia - dry mouth
• Olfactophobia - dry mouth
• Ombrophobia - dry mouth
• Ommetaphobia - dry mouth
• Onomatophobia - dry mouth
• Ophibiophobia - dry mouth
• Ophidophobia - dry mouth
• Ornithophobia - dry mouth
• Osmophobia - dry mouth
• Osphresiophobia - dry mouth
• Oxalosis - dry mouth
• Panphobia - dry mouth
• Papaphobia - dry mouth
• Paralipophobia - dry mouth
• Paraphobia - dry mouth
• Parasitophobia - dry mouth
• Paraskavedekatriaphobia - dry mouth
• Parthenophobia - dry mouth
• Pathophobia - dry mouth
• Peccatiphobia - dry mouth
• Pediculophobia - dry mouth
• Pediophobia - dry mouth
• Peladophobia - dry mouth
• Peniaphobia - dry mouth
• Pentheraphobia - dry mouth
• Phagophobia - dry mouth
• Phalacrophobia - dry mouth
• Phanmophobia - dry mouth
• Pharmacophobia - dry mouth
• Phasmophobia - dry mouth
• Phenogophobia - dry mouth
• Phenophobia - dry mouth
• Philosophobia - dry mouth
• Phobophobia - dry mouth
• Phonemophobia - dry mouth
• Phonophobia - dry mouth
• Photalgiophobia - dry mouth
• Pneumatophobia - dry mouth
• Pnigophobia - dry mouth
• Pogonophobia - dry mouth
• Poinephobia - dry mouth
• Politicophobia - dry mouth
• Polyphobia - dry mouth
• Ponophobia - dry mouth
• Posteriophobia - dry mouth
• Potamophobia - dry mouth
• Potophobia - dry mouth
• Primary biliary cirrhosis - dry mouth
• Primary Biliary Cirrhosis 1 - dry mouth
• Primary Biliary Cirrhosis 2 - dry mouth
• Primary Biliary Cirrhosis 3 - dry mouth
• Psychophobia - dry mouth
• Pteronophobia - dry mouth
• Pyrexiophobia - dry mouth
• Pyrophobia - dry mouth
• Ramsay Hunt syndrome Type II - dry mouth
• Rectophobia - dry mouth
• Rhabdophobia - dry mouth
• Rhypophobia - dry mouth
• Russophobia - dry mouth
• Sardine poisoning (clupeotoxin) - dry mouth
• Sciophobia - dry mouth
• Scoleciphobia - dry mouth
• Scopophobia - dry mouth
• Scotophobia - dry mouth
• Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis - dry mouth
• Selachophobia - dry mouth
• Selaphobia - dry mouth
• Shock, Septic - dry mouth
• Siderodromophobia - dry mouth
• Siderophobia - dry mouth
• Sinophobia - dry mouth
• Sitophobia - dry mouth
• Slickhead poisoning (clupeotoxin) - dry mouth
• Solophobia - dry mouth
• Specrophobia - dry mouth
• Spectrophobia - dry mouth
• Spermatophobia - dry mouth
• Spermophobia - dry mouth
• Stasiphobia - dry mouth
• Stygiophobia - dry mouth
• Sychrophobia - dry mouth
• Symmetrophobia - dry mouth
• Tabophobia - dry mouth
• Tachophobia - dry mouth
• Taphephobia - dry mouth
• Tapinophobia - dry mouth
• Tarpon poisoning (clupeotoxin) - dry mouth
• Taurophobia - dry mouth
• Technophobia - dry mouth
• Telephonophobia - dry mouth
• Teratophobia - dry mouth
• Thaasophobia - dry mouth
• Thalassophobia - dry mouth
• Thanatophobia - dry mouth
• Theatrophobia - dry mouth
• Theophobia - dry mouth
• Thermophobia - dry mouth
• Thixophobia - dry mouth
• Tocophobia - dry mouth
• Tomophobia - dry mouth
• Topophobia - dry mouth
• Toxicophobia - dry mouth
• Traumatophobia - dry mouth
• Tremophobia - dry mouth
• Trichophobia - dry mouth
• Triskaidekaphobia - dry mouth
• Trypanophobia - dry mouth
• Tyrannophobia - dry mouth
• Urophobia - dry mouth
• Vaccinophobia - dry mouth
• Venereophobia - dry mouth
• Vermiphobia - dry mouth
• Xanthophobia - dry mouth
• Xenophobia - dry mouth
• Xerophobia - dry mouth
• Zelophobia - dry mouth
• Zemmiphobia - dry mouth
• Zoophobia - dry mouth
• LADD Syndrome - dry mouth

More causes: not all possible causes for Dry mouth are listed above; for a full list refer to causes of Dry mouth.

Treatment Notes

Only your doctor can advise whether any of these treatments are appropriate for your specific medical situation. Always discuss all treatment options with your doctor before making a decision, including whether to start or discontinue any treatment plan.

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Dry mouth:

The following list of conditions have 'Dry mouth' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Conditions listing medical complications: Dry mouth:

The following list of medical conditions have 'Dry mouth' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database.

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