I've had dry mouth for 2 months. I thought it might be from mobic but Dr. said RA can cause it. Researching this I found out that would be secondary Sjogren's syndrome, which is an autoimmune condition and not curable...blah...blah...blah...When does it ever end??
I'm wondering how common this is. Do RA drugs alleviate it? My doc gave me evoxac. Has anyone else tried it?
Thanks,
Jodi
I have it too in the form of dry eye. My RD called it Sjogren's also. I treat the dry eye with drops...but that's it as of right now. I haven't really had any other complications from it; but I do think this dry falkey skin is related as well.
Albear posted a great link that explains Sjogren's like I've never heard it explained before. There's actually a lot more to it than I originally thought. I'll see if I can find it.
And yes; you're right....it never seems to end.
http://www.medfriendly.com/sjogrenssyndrome.html#sign
We were just discussing this with Emma not too long ago. If you look back several pages you'll find that discussion too.
i also have it i have the dry eye and have had a lot of dental problems so my eye specialist told me to use drops and my dentist which i go to every 6 mnths gave me special mouth drops and now i go every 3 n\mnths this secondary condition explains alot of problems i have had for a yr or two i think i have had ra for a couple of yrs but just ignored it.....teresaThanks for the web site. (I think I got dry eyes from reading it
Jodi
I have dry mouth and dry eyes. I just reported this to my rheumy last month...he is suppose to give me something for it my next visit. I also have dental problems...I was dx'ed with pyoria my last dental appt. I see my dentist a minimum of 2x/year; which is NOT fun...I hate going to the dentist