Terry, I used to wake with sore throats. The ENT I went to said it was due to nasal drainage. I started taking Dimetapp (decongestant-antihistamine) before going to bed & stopped waking with sore throat. Bonnie In a message dated 3/17/99 10:46:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > > I often wake up with a sore throat that goes away after 10 or 15 minutes. > Also a couple of hours after taking Artane my throat at other times > is very dry. I always thought it was the Artane. It says dryness is > one of the side effects. >