Hi Don I suffered from sticky mouth (I like your expression even better "rubber cement") . It was most bothersome upon waking. My doctor told me it was from Parkinson's acid reflux (our body secretes salvia to protect the lining in our throat) (that was a surprise because I never felt any throat pain) and that I should treat it as such. No acidic food or trigger foods (like tomatoes, chocolate, peppermint, caffeine, etc.), no eating 4 hr. before bed time, sleep with a wedge and use occasional OTC reflux medicine. It seemed to have worked. This is my experience, yours sounds more complicated. My 2 cents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn