White stuff on tongue and bad breath since 6mp/pred

Is either of the following caused by pred or 6mp? My breath is worse since I've been on 6mp and pred (at least according to my wife haha). I noticed over the last few days that there is a very pale, white coloration present on my tongue (no spotting). It is a pale white that covers most of the top of my tongue, and is most evident (the most white and concentrated) at the very back of the tongue where it goes into the throat. It doesn't bother me; isn't sensitive or anything. I was googling it a bit this afternoon and came up with Oral Thrush, and it said to scrub your tongue good and use mouth rinse with every brushing. Anybody seen or heard of anything like this? I increased my 6mp dosage last week and the whiteness is new since then.

Could be oral thrush from the prednisone, could also be very dry tongue. If you're not brushing it and scraping it, that could be solely the issue.

Initially, start with a new toothbrush, and once it improves, use another new one as to not reinfect if it is thrush.

You could purchase a product called Caproil and swish it in your mouth once or twice daily, then swallow.

You could put probiotics in your mouth and do the same thing.

So, do you brush your tongue and scrape? that's definitely a good start.

If it doesn't improve, you should contact your doc for some Nystatin drops.

q

They could, but milk can also cause it to flourish. So, but in the morning, brush after eating.

new toothbrush.  The best one I've found is the Oral B Advantage plus...good tongue cleaning too...but still need the tongue scraper.

tongue scraper

after you brush your teeth and tongue, rinse a lot. scrape and then use some salt on your toothbrush to further brush your tongue, then rinse, scrape, rinse.
The salt will help with the ph in the mouth as well.

Get the Capriol liquid. I use it because I sometimes get mild thrush from my steroid inhaler at the back of my throat.it does help.

Water throughout the day is good..

Medications can for sure dry the mouth...but I still strongly believe that's most of the problem rather than the thrush.

It is for me for sure...

Oh, just to add that some toothpastes can make it worse than others...crap shoot.

Keep us posted how it goes.
q

i have a few suggestions since i have had thrush at least 10 times in my life from various medications.

1. probiotics- saccharamyces boulardii
2. hydrogen peroxide as mouth wash (it doesn't burn at all)
3. anti fungals- there are a few that i use such as raw garlic, pau d' arco, coconut oil, oregano oil, berberine. you don't need all of them- just pick one and take it every day.