Yes, you read that right. What is it and have to do with me? I got to experience it!! I will describe it so you will understand it a bit better.
While in the hospital and then later at home, I took different medicines. Pain medicine, anti-nausea medicine, some hormone medicine and even a stool softener. Good gosh!! It seemed like I even had some choices on two of the medicines. One common thing seemed to be a dry mouth and a tongue that felt like a cross between a cat's tongue and light sand paper. While at the doctor's office I asked a nurse about it and ended up calling it kitty paper tongue. We had a good laugh and then I had to describe it to her. The cause? The medicine.
Once I ended up not using the medicine, I noticed my mouth felt a lot better. No more kitty paper tongue or even real bad cotton ball mouth. If I take the medicine to help with nausea, I do notice some interesting mouth issues but I know what to do to help "live" with the issues.
So, if after taking some medicines and you get a dry mouth or a tongue that feels like a cat or sand paper, it may be normal. But, I would suggest you talk to your doctor about it as everyone is different.
Jenn
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