What home remedies help with mucositis pain besides salt water?

I did have it during treatment but was able to get the mouthwash that has to be compounded. It helped quite a bit. I’m sorry you are having to deal with this. Praying for complete healing for you.

Mucositis pain can be incredibly challenging to manage, and it sounds like the delay with the magic mouthwash is making things even more difficult. Some community members have shared that cooling foods like ice chips, popsicles, or cold smoothies can provide temporary numbing relief, while others find gentle coconut oil swishing or aloe vera gel (food-grade) soothing for irritated tissues. Hopefully others in the community will share what has worked for them during treatment.

Yes, the magic mouth wash worked for me. Sorry it’s taking so long for you to get some relief.

Magic mouthwash does work wonders but for me the taste was the most awful taste I have tasted.. good luck to you

The magic mouthwash did nothing for me. Ask for dexamethasone rinse to keep inflammation away. And lidocaine gel to apply if it hurts too much. The idea is to not let the sores develop and dexa really helps with that. My routine after eating and before bed was always: salt and baking soda homemade rinse, dexamethasone rinse, biotene rinse for dry mouth. I used the homemade rinse in between, like 6 times a day.

I used the mouthwash and all that did was numb my tongue for a bit, but once that went away it would begin stinging and burning again. The salt water rinses also caused stinging and burning. Finally, I was told to mix a bit of baking soda in warm water and swish that around. That provided some short term relief. What seemed to work the best was a prescription for Fluconazole - One 100 mg tablet a day for 7 days. The pain didn’t start to go away until day 5 or 6, but then stayed away for a couple weeks. Unfortunately, if you’re still doing chemotherapy it will come back, but then my Dr would write me another prescription. Hopefully this works for others too because I know how uncomfortable it can be.