I have tried the salagen. I don't know if I give credit for it working or not, since over the course of time, I've been slowly getting some saliva back. Back during my horrible flem attacks, I did get some tussin, but never got to the point of trying Mucinex.

Swallowing it instead of expelling it, as you have found, creates new problems. I would try to be the good soldier and keep up with the PEG tube feedings, only to have my tube all clogged up with big ropey flem.

I hadn't experienced any of the noted side effects from Salagen at all, perhaps because I experience a crapload of them from the Iressa.

The biggest relief I found with the flem stuff when I was going through it was the "magick mouthwash" they prescribed for me. I forget what was in it, but it not only relieved the mouth sores but after rinsing my mouth out with it, it sort of helped with the flem.

Like you, the flem was the major problem with me throwing up. I'd cough and sure enough everything in my stomach, including the flem would do a sudden exit.

If you don't have much luck with the Salagen, another cancer patient that didn't have much luck with it said that Evoxac worked better for him.

Jen