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Yes they can help if the mucus drainage is caused by allergies. Have you seen a primary care physician first? I'd start there and then go to an allergy MD if your primary care physician can't help.
I've been allergy-tested twice; nothing! Yet I have constant post-nasal drip and thick mucous clogging my sinuses and coating my throat; I'm constantly clearing away that frog, which I'm sure people must think is a nervous tick or something! OTC decongestants (the kind you have to ask the pharmacist for, show your license, etc.) seem to work for a few hours, but it's a pretty much constant thing. I blame the climate and just pray that it resolves when I move.
Talk to your Primary doc about getting either a laryngoscopic exam, or a "barium swallow" exam.
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