Thank you Maryetta. Hugs

HLake1766. You might try ginger candy. I got it for diarrhea but found it helps w dry mouth and phlegm too. Not sure if you'll get this as you posted a number of days ago. But didn't see it suggested so have added it here.🙃
My bedtime now. Good luck Hope you find something that works. 🙃

Quite honestly, these questions or concerns need to be addressed by your neurologist.

NOTE: I have recently found that taking a 'Pre, not Pro biotic was working better.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC60...

P.S. In my opinion, if PwP's are having 'gastro' issues which most of us do then who would know more about it..a Gastroenterologist.

Great info ICE! Here's something that may also help:

https://www.google.com/search?q=pd+gerd+and+phl...

I have not had al the other symptoms but have the periodic phlegm in my throat that I need to clear, especially when I talk or stress or work out. I believe that it is due to not being hydrated enough. I tend to let myself get dehydrated, and have been focusing a lot on that lately.

I have read about Mucinex or Guaifenesin. Guaifenesin is OTC and I tried it once but am reluctant to do anything experimentally that involves medicine until I run it by my Movement Disorder Specialist and Family Physician, for their consent and opinion.The Guaifenesin seemed to help with very little side effects that I could notice. ut I prefer the hydration approach if that works.

I heard about Pineapple and Papaya, helping minimize the mucus phlegm buildup. I can honestly say, I really like both fruit, but they didn't change anything for the day. Right now I am using the Kleenex approach. When I cough up he phlegm, it is so thick and disgusting that there is no way I am going to swallow it. So I dispose of it in a Kleenex, and into the trash or pocket from there, depending where I am at at the time. I have noticed that when I do cough up the phlegm, prior to that my saliva has dried up a bit, and it is more foamy. .Not as fluid as normal. (At least I thinks, I have to document to to be certain. My latest venture is with a throat lozenge named Belletene. (I think) It is for dry mouths. I am trying to focus on hydration before meet with the doctors.

This is an area that is new to me, that I have to figure out how to manage it as best as possible.We each could be having similar symptoms but for different reasons. But a lot of what I am experiencing, many of the symptoms and or medications list dehydration as a potential side effect. It is something I never focused on before but gets more attention now. If I just look at how many capsules I am consuming per day for PD meds, my body needs more water just for that.

I know swallowing problems will evolve eventually, but that is where the swallowing exercises will be preventive. It is like a big chess game. And exercises seem to be the only currently recognized method for delay of progression.

Two videos on You Tube , both from PMD Alliance, that give a good insight into PD and its various effects are listed below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc21yo_SB3Y

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4SuhF35ciE

I don't think I answered your question, but tried to give you an insight as to what I am doing based on my experience.

Good Lucjk and Be Safe