Hard candies, gum, breath fresheners, throat lozenges, cough drops, mouthwashes, gargles, etc, may actually irritate the throat directly (many cough drops and lozenges contain irritants such as menthol and oil of eucalyptus) and will also stimulate the stomach to pour out acid. Acid reflux and throat lozenges. Regarding sore throat and cold medicines, i will advise you betadine gargling first, or saline water gargling, which will help soothing the irritated pharnyx a course of anti-histaminic such as levocetrizine will be helpful as it will reduce the cold symptoms, and also not cause further gord.
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