Anyone tried ORALMEDIC for mouth ulcers?

MrsE_2

I have a tiny mouth ulcer - that hurts like mad.

So I got the "new" ORALMEDIC today.

Its a cotton ear bud with purple liquid in it.

You hold it for 10 seconds, then rinse.

It says if you still have pain then you haven't got all the ulcer.

Well I've done it LOADS of times & I can still feel ulcer pain & I think I have pain from the purple burnie liquid too:eek: :eek: :eek:

Any one else used it?

violetta

This would be a good thing to ask on the Freebies board, as they had an offer for a free OralMedic cotton bud thingy last year and maybe someone will have tried one - mine is still sat in the bathroom drawer as no-one yet at our house has complained of a mouth ulcer since I got it!

lou49

My 17 year old DS suffers from mouth ulcers and reckons this is the only thing that helps although he says it stings when you put it on. However it's expensive and difficult to get hold of. Bought two packs yesterday as he is suffering at moment but had to call about six chemists first. One chemist told me that there is a new treatment out called Bonjela Once which is the same, but it is more expensive.
Louise

MrsE_2

lou49 wrote: »

My 17 year old DS suffers from mouth ulcers and reckons this is the only thing that helps although he says it stings when you put it on. However it's expensive and difficult to get hold of. Bought two packs yesterday as he is suffering at moment but had to call about six chemists first. One chemist told me that there is a new treatment out called Bonjela Once which is the same, but it is more expensive.
Louise

Didn't work for me at all:(

Its more painful today than yesterday:rolleyes:

Does he press hard with it or not?
Does he do just the tip or swamp the ulcer?

Thank you:D

HALF PRICE IN TESCO AT THE MO!!!!!!

lou49

Hi! He said that he didn't press that hard and covered the whole ulcer and that's about as much as I can get out of him without saying why I am asking! Years ago I had a friend whose daughter got chronic clusters of ulcers and nothing worked. Finally she took her daughter for homeopathy and apparently this helped. I just think that different things work for different people.
Louise

Old_Slaphead

I get loads of ulcers - best thing I've found is a mouthwash of diluted TCP as soon as you suspect one's on the way.

Another idea - us mouthwash after eating 'sharp' hot things like toast, pizza etc.

Again, not 100% cure but these do seem to help a bit

susiesue_2

i tried it and it hurt more than the ulcer! i really didn't like it at all.
i use ambosol
(sp) which stings like hell but numbs it for a long time.

brokeinwales

Isuffer from a ridiculous amount of mouth ulcers (I have at least one the vast majority of the time - doctors aren't interested....). I did find that stuff pretty good, but it only worked when I dried the area out first, so the saliva didn't just carry the liquid away. I kind of dab it gently with the corner of a towel, then apply as much of the stuff as you have - then you have to leave it for a few minutes before you rinse (the temptation to rinse too soon is great!) . Afterwards it made my mouth numb and I couldn't speak properly for about twenty minutes, but it did stop the pain.

Other things I've found handy are:
- dispersible aspirin (Use it to swill around your mouth, good emergency solution)
- ice
- TCP as mentioned above - although I only use it if I'm really desperately in agony and have nothing else because it usually makes me sick!
- whisky. Maybe it just helps me forget about it - but it does seem to speed up healing. Maybe antiseptic properties?

I did try a course of L-Lysine supplements a while ago, on a recommendation from a website for ulcer sufferers (www.mouthulcers.net I believe...), and it seemed to decrease the severity of attacks a little. They are prohibitively expensive though.

Most people who suffer from regular mouth ulcers have "trigger" foods that are virtually guaranteed to bring on an attack, or make an existing one worse. My personal demon foods are citrus fruits (I only have to look at a glass of orange juice and I'm off work for a week unable to eat or talk!), but apparently other common ones include chocolate, cheese, coffee and alcohol (it's always the stuff you like isn't it? Why does no-one ever have an allergic reaction to lettuce?).

Mouthwash is good - codysil is best - especially if it hurts too much to brush your teeth. I'd be wary of most over the counter treatment - in my experience most fot he ones costing less than a fiver are next to useless. Some actually make things worse (ahem- Bonjela -)!

You could try going to you doctor and trying to get something on prescription - even if it's only strong painkillers - although be wary as some are monstrously unsympathetic and just tell you it's down to stress or porr dental hygiene (which it usually isn't.) Dentists can sometimes reccomend a good mouthwash too.

Toothsmith

With anything in the mouth, dentists are the place to go rather than doctors. Doctors hardly do anything on mouth problems. Their undergraduate training consists of 2 hour long lectures, and that's it.

Mouth ulcers are a huge problem, as there isn't one cause, and there isn't a cure.

Sometimes, a blood test can show up something that can be helped, so it's worth asking your dentist to send you for one. Results will more often go to the doctor though, so your dentist and doctor need to have a chat.