Update from Alex: The results of using a mucolytic (something to make mucous/phlegm thinner and easier to clear), is undetermined. Alex reports he foams at the mouth when he takes it. He also "foams" when preparing to eat something acidic like pineapple and lemon, and sometimes it happens when he prepares to talk so we assume this is Alex's new normal for salivation.

The Bisolvon doesn't not appear to be good enough to stop the hacking and choking that inevitably occurs as soon as he comes upright each morning but he thinks the phlegm is not as bad through the day. He thinks this was improving before the Bisolvon though so we are unsure if it is time or drug that is making a difference. He is going to try a week without now (the crossover) and see if the condition of his mouth deteriorates, stays the same or improves.

More next week

Karen