My wife has worked through the post-radiation throat symptoms with periodic pre-meal Magic Mouthwash swishes and swallows to help get food down and with Hydrocodone with Acetaminophen oral solution when the symptoms spike (razor blade, rough block of wood, flap obstructing path), which is often concurrent with severe coughing spells trying to clear up super-glue mucous blockage. Salt and baking soda mouth rinses seem to help break down the mucous. She is also taking Helios, designed specifically to heal the epithelial cells of the mouth, throat and intestine following radiation/chemo. Seems to be making positive contribution to healing process.