To minimize dry mouth:
1. Drink water frequently to keep your mouth moist and loosen mucus.
2. Suck on sugar-free hard candies, ice chips, or sugar-free popsicles.
3. Moisten foods with broths, soups, sauces, gravy, creams, and butter or margarine. Eat soft, moist foods that are cool or at room temperature.
4. Avoid commercial mouth rinses or mouthwashes that contain alcohol or peroxide.
5. Avoid salty foods, dry foods (for example, crackers, toast, cookies, dry breads, dry meats/poultry/fish, dried fruit, bananas) and foods and beverages with high sugar content.
6. Avoid drinks containing alcohol or caffeine (for example, coffees, teas, some colas, chocolate-containing drinks). Also avoid acidic beverages, such as any fruit juices (orange, apple, grape, grapefruit) and tomato juice.