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What Causes Presence Of Mucus At Back Of Throat?
Posted on
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Ask A Doctor - 24x7 Medical Review Team
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Question : I am bothered by a constant clearing of my throat when I am having a conversation.I s there any medication I can take for this?
Brief Answer:
add a decongestant, nasal spray
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
This is most likely due to post nasal drip of mucus to the back of the throat.
This is the most common cause of this symptom.
The use of a decongestant along with the anti histamine that you are using plus a nasal spray, would help. Eg zyrtec d, allegra d, claritine d, benadryl d.
These would be over the counter.
Some examples of the topical steroid nasal sprays that are used for post nasal drip are nasonex, nasocort, rhinocort, flonase, avamys
One of these would require a prescription
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
add a decongestant, nasal spray
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
This is most likely due to post nasal drip of mucus to the back of the throat.
This is the most common cause of this symptom.
The use of a decongestant along with the anti histamine that you are using plus a nasal spray, would help. Eg zyrtec d, allegra d, claritine d, benadryl d.
These would be over the counter.
Some examples of the topical steroid nasal sprays that are used for post nasal drip are nasonex, nasocort, rhinocort, flonase, avamys
One of these would require a prescription
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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