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Zonegran and extremely dry mouth!

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I started taking zonegran last week after having really bad side effects from topamax. i am on 100mg of zonegran for now (until next week then up to 200). no matter what i do my mouth is soooo dry. to the point i am practically coughing. i keep drinking tons and tons of water but it is not helping. i havent had a headache though :o) but does anyone else get dry mouth this bad? i wonder if it will get worse at 200mg. thankfully this is my only real side effect. im a bit sleepy but not too bad.
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Trying sucking on hard candy. It helps create your own saliva.

Glad to hear you haven't been having headaches, and that so far the side effects having been too harsh!
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thanks. so far i have been so much better on this. thank god. my body just did not like the topamax what so ever. i will try the candy. i have been drinking about 6-8 bottles of water a day and have to keep some next to me at night bc i have been waking up at night with dry mouth. if candy works then i will be thrilled!
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You might call your dentist too as they can tell you really good things to help with dry mouth as it does cause tooth decay to have dry mouth and they know what is helpful and not full of sugar that is helpful . My mom suffers from dry mouth and that is what she did. Good luck and hope ur new med helps
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