Dear JCK, my husband is another who is fighting the copious mucous[he refers to it a slime]. He has had 3 surgeries and rad and chemo. His Doc tells him that his salivary glands are totally screwed up from the "insults" of all these treatments to his tissues. We have been dealing with this for a year [I hate to tell you that] and nothing has helped. This problem has become the most debilitating part of his daily life. He uses a suction machine constantly [and is miserable when he is away from home for more than an hour] He has gotten some immediate relief from swishing\spitting strong tea, coke or Sprite. He also uses the baking soda gargle [doesn't help much] We tried the prescription med Robinal [but it dried his throat out too much. He also will use Musinex [OTC]We are totally frustrated that we can't find something to eliminate this side effect. Sadly, you are not along. Amy