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Hi Folks I have the dry mouth and dry eyes etc i am having trouble with teeth fillings fillings fillings i go every 3 months i need a filling to be done on thurs only to find yet other one to needed and a may be Arhhhh . i got recomed some dry mouth treatments which i can buy or get though the docs free .I already use toothpaste for it . Do i need too get a proper dx I don,t think i have it full on yet .? should i go to docs ( hate going to docs why not been ha ha ) So i suppose doc s won,t help me if i have not got a proper dx ??? christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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Hi Chrissie
Do you mean you haven't got a confirmed dx of Sjorgrens? My GP prescribed a dry mouth spray, and I haven't been diagnosed, also some gel for dry eyes.
Lyn
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Hello
I do not suffer from the dry mouth but I do have dry eyes. Doc issued on prescription for dyr eyes and it does help
Rose
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No harm in asking your GP chrissie, he may be willing to prescribe even if you don't have an official diagnosis.
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well i have just rang some one and she gave good advise i need to change my eye drops and start getting a dx and strart useing the mouth stuff ( denist did tell me ) but in last 4 weeks i think things have got worse . So the lady told me what to do So now off to docs to start ball rolling it was the question before on what denist could put on the strit he gives me some things but i need a firm dx And what the doc was meant to do .But i did not feel like going or doing So doc knows nothing about it yet . as going on holiday and coming back to apps about m/s and such like . so going to do it now or i won,t feel like it and end up gummie toothless ha ha I have other usefull apps coming up where i could be sorted christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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I think if you already have a diagnosis of RA then develop dry eyes/mouth, the rheumy will treat you for sjogrens without further need for tests. Apart from the drops and gels, you are probably already on the drugs to treat sjogrens anyway (plaquenil, methotrexate or similar immunosuppressants)
My initial diagnosis last Spring was sjogrens and it wasn't until I had changed rheumys after worsening symptoms of joint pains that my new rheumy told me I had raised rheumatoid factor 14 months earlier! Unfortunately, it doesn't work the other way round. Early RA is treated aggressively whereas sjogrens tends to be a gradual trial of drugs increasing in strength.
Hope you get some relief Chrissie - I use viscotears and glandosane. XX Ailsa
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Hi Chrissie oh you aswell sorry ehar that right well last year when i was on Mtx and Naproxen togther i got extremly dry mouth ended up getting deep filling which is 1 i now got asbcess. anyway dentist like u told me see doc i did got spray gp teted me for sjorgrens syndrome via bloods then later in year rheumy di the dry eye test i dont have sjongrens syndrome it was mix of naproxen and mtx casued it. im now off mtx on naproxen and not such dry mouth so dont need spray anymore,i do howver sip water often. eyes drops you want nautral saline oens not optrex type if you have pre payment cert for meds better get off gp aswell. you can get a choice if sprays from gp soem are oily you will need try couple,,just say dentist asked you see them about dry mouth u will need see doc. also sip water when can and get rheumy do offical sjongrens syndrome test to confirm. hope that helps. also tea or coffee drys mouth out more. lv melly cuddly cats make my world seem so much more fun
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hi
they gave me these pastels once,
I have to say chewing gum helped me more!
Hope you dont have it really chrissie. It can also make eyes dry as you say (gel tears are best for this i find) and err, umm. If you are a lady it can effect, errm other bits !
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Hi nope my rheumy did not treat automatically did test first,even though a no dont have sjorgrens can ahve sprays if want they do help.yes also pastilles,sugar free gum makes my mouth dry even more. sugar free polos are okish. hope you dont have it chrissie. take care melly cuddly cats make my world seem so much more fun
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hmmm i think might have this too but hadnt been given a name for it... will have to research bit more. Hope u ok Chrissy xx love Liz xx
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Hi Liz i rang the sorjins help line interresting she says it may not get worse and stay how it is . Like i feel i think i have it .But says now is when you need treatment not like i was going to do wait till it changed into something . So off to docs mainley to get the gel or what ever they will give me and change my eye drops as had dry eyes for years but may need gel drops . Been to boots and got some biotene gel and mouthwash and started to use it .( dentist did say do something )But till i see i need 2 fillings ensead of the one so i moved my bum . My poor Dentist is in hospital so my filling and the extra one i have changed the time of the app so he will have time too do both if he comes back . I am now haveing too many fillings Lady said doing the mouth gel etc i allready have the toothpaste from Dentist it will slow the rate down so thats that i will see if i can have a dx next month with the nurse She says strat treatment now all you will need your teeth out Ahrrrhhh christine hope you are fine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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Chrissie - My dentist and my rheummy said I should get a mouth spray with fluoride in it. If you ask your GP they will prescribe the correct one.
Love Jeanxxx
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jeanb wrote:Chrissie - My dentist and my rheummy said I should get a mouth spray with fluoride in it. If you ask your GP they will prescribe the correct one.
Love Jeanxxx I have a high flouride toothpaste i wonder if i need any more ?My denist is in hospital at moment so don,t know whats going on .Was meant to go tomorrow christine The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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[size=7I had the dry eyes test done, they weren't dry enough for diagnosis of sjogren's. Saw GP, and they said they won't prescribe anything unless they have the diagnosis. So started buying the Biotene stuff, its good, but quite expensive. I also buy polos etc whihc keep mouth moist. Good luck Chrissie x][/size] BARBARA
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you can get from docs frree if you don,t pay The chocolate eating housewife ...The washer woman .....naughty lady
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Which is why you need a diagnosis, Chrissie. xxxxxxxxx
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I find sucking fruit pastilles and mint tic tacs help. I always carry a bottle of water with me too. The spray does work, but only for a few minutes.
Lyn
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