Whoa, what? Tylenol can give you bad breath?
Yep, it totally can.
Many people aren’t aware that medications can contribute to bad breath disorders.
Chronic bad breath, A.K.A. Halitosis, can be caused as a function of medicinal side effects.
You definitely want to think twice when you read over the label of your medicines now, or START reading the labels, because you probably just disregard them, which can be ignorant to do.
What medicine can do for you to give you bad breath is that it can cause dry mouth as a side effect.
Yes, we know. This has been mentioned on the site multiple times. Without any digestive fluid in the mouth, widely known as saliva, to wash away food and debris stuck in the teeth and gums will create an unpleasant odor in the mouth.
Other medicines can even be broken down in your mouth through your saliva, and instead cause the release of chemicals that induce bad breath.
Think about what will happen if you do this regularly….
If you take something like medicine that induces bad breath on you everyday, then you’re going to have bad breath everyday.
This is why the bad breath you may have can seem chronic.
You keep taking the medicine you have to and as an outcome, you have to deal with the side effects.
Now, you might be more inclined to start reading labels instead of blindly consuming things…
Some known medications that are known to cause bad breath as a side effect, and if taken regularly, cause chronic Halitosis include medicines that contain chloral hydrate (a sedative), dimethyl sulfide (treating nasty bladder infections), disulfiram (treats alcoholism by blocking certain types of enzyme activity), phenothiazines (which treat psychotic disorders), amphetamines (used to treat learning disorders like ADHD).
To add more insult to injury, other medications like antihistamines or diuretics such as triamterene, are associated with Xerostomia, A.K.A. dry mouth, which leads to bad breath due to incomplete digestion in the mouth from the salivary glands.
IF you feel that your medicine is making you susceptible to bad breath due to their side effects, speak to your doctor right away.
Be ware that bad breath can be caused by certain medical conditions, and even your diet.
It is IMPORTANT, no matter what, to have a consistent, daily, oral hygiene routine which properly cleans out your teeth and gums, to make them free of any particles left over from food which bacteria can accumulate.
P.S. If you were to take away only one thing from this, it is to be mindful of the side effects presented in medicine labels. Often times, you might be taking medication because it’ll cure some symptom you’re going through, but there are consequences to it.
In an ideal world, we wouldn’t have to take things like medicine, but life throws certain things at us in which we need to address.
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