Hi All,

I was thinking today of what Brian Hill said in a post sometime in the past few weeks about a new Biotene product for dry mouth that was going to be hitting store shelves soon. I think I found the right webpage for it:

http://www.laclede.com/oralBComingSoon.asp

When I first got to this page, it had a full page of description and said it was available at drugstore.com, but after I clicked around a bit and re-entered the site a new page was there instead saying it was coming soon.

Here is what it says now:
Available soon:
NEW Oral Balance

Thanks for finding this, Connie. I use the oral balance gel and it has been a lifesaver at helping me sleep at night.

Biotene is a good product name and am assured this too will be a quality product.

The CEO of Laclede has told me they are beginging to ship the liquid to their vendors. I can tell you that using the samples that I was given to try out, this is a really good addition to the solutions for dry mouth. I use it before a lecture and am able to go almost for a full half hour of speaking without drinking. Before the product, I drank every 5 minutes or less during a presentation.

Today the main Laclede product page brings me to this link:

http://www.biotene.net/products/oralBalanceSpray.asp

which is the same one I saw for a few minutes yesterday and says it is now available at www.drugstore.com. However, when i click on the drugstore.com link, its not there. But, I'm taking this to mean its available somewhere now anyway. Just a matter of finding it or a store that can order it.

When anyone finds a store we can order it from, Please post the name of the store. We only have Walmart here and will probably have to order it. Thanks, Amy

There may be a possibility in the future that we will have this in our OCF store. Laclede is considering donation of some product, which OCF could then sell to raise money for the foundation. I will know more in about 10 days. If this happens, (no commitment yet) we will have to sell things in 6 packs so that the cost of shipping makes it worthwhile to those who would normally buy it at their local store. This would likely not be an ongoing store item at OCF, but a single batch of products, that would be given to OCF as a donation in kind. I will post here if the products are available in the OCF store so you don't have to keep looking there to see if they have appeared yet.

Laclede has been a strong supporter of OCF for two years now. The CEO of the firm is a truly great guy with a huge heart. I would recommend his products on their qualities alone... but I urge you to support a company that supports us whenever you can. Biotene products not only are good for those of us that have dry mouth, but for regular people too.

Brian, how can we express in writing, or by e-mail, our appreciation to Laclede, or the founder?
Amy

[email protected]

Michael Pellico is the President of this family owned private business. I know he would like to hear from people how much all of us appreciate his support. Laclede (via Michael) has been OCF's number one financial supporter two years in a row. Just when we don't think we will have the money to keep things running, he is there for us. I have spent quite a bit of time with him in the last few weeks, and his ideas (he's a chemist/scientist) for products boggle the mind. He has the ability to be an extraordinary individual on many levels, and a simple, "not full of himself" regular guy at the same time.

My thanks is on its way. Amy