Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

Hi Guys & Gals!
I've read on this forum that quite a few of you are suffering from sour tasting/smelling bb. Well, I had my tonsils removed recently and although this cured the main cause of my bb I was still left with that awful sour tasting/smelling breath especially first thing in the morning.
I've said on this forum several times that there is possibly more than one reason for our suffering and this is certainly true in my case.
I explained it to my dentist last week and asked him if he could recommend anything and he told me to use a mouthwash called 'Corsodyl'. I though oh yeah, yet another useless product but being the optimist that I am I tried it.
What do you know, it works! I only use it once a day before I go to bed and my breath is fresh when I wake up, it hasn't been like this for years! Once or twice the sour taste has returned during the day and if I suck a chewable vitamin C it goes. (Read about the Vit C here on this forum and thanks for that!) I'm not saying it will work for everyone but it's worked for me.
I'm in the UK so don't know if Corsodyl is available everywhere but the active ingredient is 'chlorhexidine digluconate'. My dentist said to use it one week on and one week off because it can discolour teeth. Don't know how I'll feel about that - I'll maybe carry on and put up with a slight discolouration rather than have the awful breath. Also, I have to dilute it 50/50 with water because it's too strong for my mouth.
Anyway thought I had to share this with you and even if I only help one person it's worth it! Good luck to you all and please, never give up hope.

I tried this product ages ago. It's one of those mouthwashes that contains Chlorhexidine gluconate. I didn't work one bit for me unfortenately.

This sounds like another case of mouthwash covering the taste in your mouth. I remember when I used listerine before bed, and the sour taste was gone for the entire next afternoon. Thought my odor was gone, until I spoke to a coworker. Careful with mouthwash. Without the taste, you forget you have BB and you speak more freely...then you get a rude awakening!