Canker Sores and Remicade Treatment

[MomRocksOut]

My son has developed a canker sore on his top gum. He is due for Remicade this week. Do we need to postpone the infusion? And does anyone have a good home remedy to help heal it up quickly?

Thanks!

 

[Sascot]

Sorry no idea about the Remicade, but my mom always recommends rinsing the mouth with warm salt water (I boil water and let it cool) to help the canker sore.

 

[my little penguin]

DS has had mouth ulcers while he was getting infusions of remicade .
It was never something we were told would be an issue.
He has also gotten an infusion while on abx .

I would just ask your Gi if it something they are concerned with kwim
Since every doc is different.

 

[MomRocksOut]

Yes, I'm calling the gi tomorrow. Just was curious if anyone had dealt with this. My son seems to get cold sores shortly after infusions and they go away after about 5 days. I dislike all of these, but being in remission is worth a few days of mouth sores (or at least that's what my sons says).

 

[Farmwife]

Has he tried Magic mouthwash?
Poor Grace gets mouth ulcers. Very painful.
The ER doc gave us a rx for this mouth wash.
We love it and it works great.

 

[Ands]

We use soluble predisolone as a mouth wash here. No experience of infusions though. All I know is that ulcers are a constant battle for my ds, remission or no remission! X

 

[Jenn]

I don't see a reason to postpone the remicade infusion for the mouth sores, but worth running it by the GI. Alex would get them on occasion too. His GI recommended mixing a teaspoon of liquid benadryl with a teaspoon of maalox, then rinse and spit, a couple times/day, it helped a lot.

 

[lollyadverb]

This is coming way after your original post, but in case anyone is here via search for some reason...

I used to have canker sores all the time -- several at a time, flaring every few weeks. Remicade actually helped them a lot. When it stopped working, that was our first clue that I'd become allergic to it.

Prednisone also wiped them out for me.

When my colon was removed in 2013 I stopped taking prednisone. For some reason, the canker sores have never come back as bad as they were before. Weird.