Dental Health and Inhalers

By Blu Angel

1 min read

I had a reaction to a new inhaler. My mouth broke out in sores all over. I finally figured out liquid Benadryl calmed it, and antacids. When the sores healed, I went to the dentist because I have in front where the root was left exposed. Diagnosis: that sucks and try not to use that med again. No idea how to fix my gum line. Told me I will eventually lose the front tooth. Grrr. Rinse after all meds, and if you try a new inhaler - get some Benadryl liquid and liquid antacid right away if you get sores. I now have an allergy listed for the inhaler. Ugh.

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Emila Member
Did you think to inform us what your new inhaler was?
1. Emila Member
 <inline-mention username="Leon Lebowitz, RRT" user-id="3025394"/> Thank you for your thoughts. The main reason for asking, is that, despite taking a child's dose of a steroid inhaler, the moment I increase the dosage slightly and I gargle and rinse and use a spacer, is that I get candida or thrush in my throat. I use Seretide 125, I know these throat problems aren't uncommon, but I wondered if there was more of a culprit in a particular inhaler, or whether it is across the board.
2. Leon Lebowitz, RRT Moderator & Contributor
 <inline-mention username="Emila" user-id="4520940"/> Hi again, Emila, and thanks for your follow up and further explanation / inquiry. As you may be aware, all these medications affect different patients differently. What works for one patient, may not be as efficacious for another. The same is true of the side effects. For some folks, any (steroid) inhaler can cause Candida (thrush), while for still others, it may not be as common. You may want to speak with your prescribing physician, or dispensing pharmacist. By working with them, you may want to try other similar inhalers and see if they affect you in the same way. What do you think? Leon (site moderator <a href='https://asthma.net' target='_blank'>asthma.net</a>)
Emila Member
Thank you again for the response Leon. i will be talking to my doctor soon about changing the steroid inhaler and see if the results are different.
1. Leon Lebowitz, RRT Moderator & Contributor
 <inline-mention username="Emila" user-id="4520940"/> Hi again, Emilia, and thank you for the follow-up. Glad to hear you plan to speak with your doctor(s). Once you do, let's see what the advice given to you is. We can proceed from there. Please do check back and keep us apprised of your progress, as you said. Warm regards, Leon (site moderator <a href='https://asthma.net' target='_blank'>asthma.net</a>)