Billy, depending on how your mouth feels, you can dissolve up to a teaspoon [less if that burns] of salt and up to a teaspoon of baking soda in 8 or more oz. of warm water, then swish it around in your mouth and spit it out.If you cannot tolerate the two mixed together, do each individually. You can do this as many times a day as you want. Hopefully it will help. My husband could not take Benedryl-it made his arms and legs "restless". They would not stay still. Another product he had some success with was Rincinol PRN which is over the counter at pharmacies. Another trick we learned here was to keep boxes of Puffs Ultra [kleenex type] tissues everywhere. They are super soft and absorbant and you can "swab your mouth with them.[don't get puffs plus,as they are scented] Another hint, we put a 1\4 cup of mouthwash in the suction machine each time we washed it which helped eliminate odors. Keep going forward, Billy, you are doing well. Amy in the Ozarks