I had a bad throat like yours. Nothing took the pain away and I was on high amts of ibuprofen or Tylenol around the clock. This magic mouth rinse with lidocaine was no help either. I am annoyed that male docs saw me as a complaining woman with a sore throat. I’d rather go thru child birth or break my ankle again rather than have this sore throat pain. The immense pain is gone, but I don’t feel well yet. I’m guessing, but since I was taking Cephalexin for a bladder infection before the start of the extreme pain, I wonder if it could have been an allergic reaction.