RE: Folic acid and mouth sores

[Guest guest]

Hi,. Just jumping in real quick to let you know, has real

good success with keeping mouth sores away by also, besides the folic

acid, rinsing every day once or twice with Listerine. Hope this idea can

help. With the different flavors, it is much easier to take. Michele

( 17, pauci & spondy)

Folic acid and mouth sores

Helen, you said in your last post - Hes now upto 3mg of folic acid a day

as

2mg

just was not keeping the mouth sores at bay, but so far so good with

3mg. - Are you saying that folic acid can get rid of mouth sores? Liam

has

them so bad in his mouth all of the time and all his doctor ever told

him to

do is have a Cepacol (Chloraseptic, that kind of thing) to numb it. But

it

doesn't help because he can't take it before he eats, otherwise his

mouth is

numb and he chokes on his food and it " goes down the wrong pipe " . So

it's

an extremely temporary relief.

Any info would be helpful, thanks.

I'm so glad that Nick is accepting the shots well. It must be hard

enough

to have to handle shots without having to worry about them being scared

or

hurt. Good luck baking!

[Guest guest]

Hi

Nick has had a big problem with canker sores caused by the

methotrexate as his doses have been increased over the last 10

months. When he was on lower doses (ie 10mg) he didnt have a problem

and 1mg was enough. Now hes upto 20mg and once we started that dose

the mouth sores were awful. He had one huge one that was at the

bottom of his front teeth, under the lip that ran from one side of

his mouth to the other.

I would talk to your rhuemy about increasing the folic acid....

Another thing Nicks rhuemy said to try was to mix equal amounts of

liquid benadryl and maloxx and have them swish with it. This helped

Nick a little too when his sores were at their worse. Since weve

been at 3mg of folic acid hes not had another canker sore ( touch

wood)

Hugs Helen and (7,systemic)

>

> Helen, you said in your last post - Hes now upto 3mg of folic acid

a day as

> 2mg

> just was not keeping the mouth sores at bay, but so far so good

with

> 3mg. - Are you saying that folic acid can get rid of mouth sores?

Liam has

> them so bad in his mouth all of the time and all his doctor ever

told him to

> do is have a Cepacol (Chloraseptic, that kind of thing) to numb

it. But it

> doesn't help because he can't take it before he eats, otherwise

his mouth is

> numb and he chokes on his food and it " goes down the wrong pipe " .

So it's

> an extremely temporary relief.

>

> Any info would be helpful, thanks.

>

> I'm so glad that Nick is accepting the shots well. It must be

hard enough

> to have to handle shots without having to worry about them being

scared or

> hurt. Good luck baking!

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Michele, for the Listerine advice! I hope it helps!

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Helen, for the liquid benadryl and maloxx advice. Between that and

the Listerine, I'm praying that relief is on the way! -

" Another thing Nicks rhuemy said to try was to mix equal amounts of

liquid benadryl and maloxx and have them swish with it. This helped

Nick a little too when his sores were at their worse. Since weve

been at 3mg of folic acid hes not had another canker sore ( touch

wood) "

[Guest guest]

Hi

I thought I would just mention a suggestion that one of my co-workers

offered. She got RA when she was 22 and took MTX for 6 years before

it no longer worked and the side effects became to much. But she said

that she would always eat a yogurt before bed and kind of swish it

around the sides of her mouth. Apparently the live cultures helped

with the mouth sores. I guess it couldn't hurt to try.

Best of luck,

(Drea 9 systemic)

- In , <jt102493@o...> wrote:

> Thanks, Helen, for the liquid benadryl and maloxx advice. Between

that and

> the Listerine, I'm praying that relief is on the way! -

>

> " Another thing Nicks rhuemy said to try was to mix equal amounts of

> liquid benadryl and maloxx and have them swish with it. This helped

> Nick a little too when his sores were at their worse. Since weve

> been at 3mg of folic acid hes not had another canker sore ( touch

> wood) "

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Interesting. I never thought of that. Have to keep this one in mind.

Thanks,Michele ( 17, pauci & spondy)

Re: folic acid and mouth sores

Hi

I thought I would just mention a suggestion that one of my co-workers

offered. She got RA when she was 22 and took MTX for 6 years before

it no longer worked and the side effects became to much. But she said

that she would always eat a yogurt before bed and kind of swish it

around the sides of her mouth. Apparently the live cultures helped

with the mouth sores. I guess it couldn't hurt to try.

Best of luck,

(Drea 9 systemic)

- In , <jt102493@o...> wrote:

> Thanks, Helen, for the liquid benadryl and maloxx advice. Between

that and

> the Listerine, I'm praying that relief is on the way! -

>

> " Another thing Nicks rhuemy said to try was to mix equal amounts of

> liquid benadryl and maloxx and have them swish with it. This helped

> Nick a little too when his sores were at their worse. Since weve

> been at 3mg of folic acid hes not had another canker sore ( touch

> wood) "

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

You're welcome! Good luck!

RE: Folic acid and mouth sores

Thanks, Michele, for the Listerine advice! I hope it helps!