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Anyone taking Tagrisso for Lung Cancer?

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I have been on Tagrisso for 2 1/2 years. For the last 9 months, my Pet Scans have shown the cancer to be "inactive" (doctor's term). My side affects started about a year on the drug. Worse was diarrhea for almost 6 months. I finally found a supplement that stopped the diarrhea. Now, I am dealing with mouths sores. I get 4 or 5 at a times and worst ones are on tongue. I cannot eat or talk for around 5 days until they start to get better. Then, they take me off the Tagrisso for 10 days and they go away. But, then come back in a few months. Use backing soda to relieve the pain and it does help, but still still takes 20 to 12 days to recover. Has anyone found a way to prevent the mouths sores or a treatment to make them go away faster?

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@vking my wife has been on Tagrisso for over 3 years no evidence of disease no mouth sores but diarrhea what supplement are you taking?
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Gerry

@vking this has helped me when I have had mouth sores. for some reason, they don't normally prescribe it, but I went rogue. 😅🤫
https://www.goodrx.com/oralone/what-is

@vking I've found a mouth wash called Andolex C which contains benzydamine HCl (for pain/swelling) and Chlorhexidine gluconate (anti bacterial) is excellent. I keep it in my mouth while I shower at night and by morning my mouth is painless. I think it's made in South Africa (I live in Namibia) but perhaps there's something similar where you are?