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Posted 10/17/2007 11:21 AM (GMT -6)
Hi all, for the past month or so, I've been having this phlegm build up in my throat. I'm 22 years old and I have been smoking casually just about everyday for the past 3 years. I feel like there is this ball of phlegm in my throat moving up and down, and every time I try to clear it by coughing is just seems to come right back. Its getting really annoying and sometimes to the point where i keep coughing over and over again till it hurts.
Sometimes when I cough some phlegm comes out but it doesnt do anything.

I have read about people with this same problem, and I got some good useful information, but no one replied with any medicine that could cure this problem.

I tried taking this chest congestion medicine and it didn't seem to work. I was wondering if there was any other over-the-counter medicine that I could purchase at a local drug store that would help my problem?

Any help would be helpful.

Thank you in advance.
Posted 10/17/2007 2:28 PM (GMT -6)

As long as you smoke you will have the problem you described. There are not medcations that will solve the problem that I know of. I am a smoker and have the phlem myself but it does not go away unless you stop smoking.

Some people have it worse than others. I do take cayenne pepper capsules that help to a certain degree but does not do away with it..The pepper will losen the phlem so you can cough it up.

Good luck

Posted 10/17/2007 3:16 PM (GMT -6)
Hi, thanks for the response. Where could I get this pepper capsule?
Posted 10/17/2007 5:33 PM (GMT -6)
I had that lump a while ago (yes I smoke too) and I'm not sure what stopped it for me. It could've been the allergy meds I started on at the time. I wasn't paying too much attention to tell the truth. But what else can help (besides quit smoking) is inhaling steam or moist air. Also, a saline nose spray will help thin the nasal secretions so they don't get lodged in your throat.
Posted 10/18/2007 10:50 AM (GMT -6)
You can buy the ceyenne pepper capsules at any health food store or a company called Swansons.
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