 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Ray the actual "magic mouthwash", or "pink magic" as it is sometimes referred, typically has liquid morphine and lidocaine in it.
You may need to graduate to something stronger.
It is a swish & spit - you don't want to numb your gag reflex anatomy. Effects lasy for about 1/2 hour at a time.
Keep swallowing by mouth if you can - keep the muscles from atrophy.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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