Capsaicin drops became my go to for sore throat treatment, it has helped me tremendously… after Covid the sore throat caused this ongoing involuntary coughing spasms long after the original Covid infection had resolved. But it would trigger with a laugh or just talking or breathing too hard and it was so painful from the constant irritation - I remembered how capsaicin drops had helped my throat in the past and I still had a bottle, I was so surprised how it also stopped the coughing spasms and helped my throat heal up. Seemed so counter intuitive that capsaicin would help sore throat & throat irritation but here we are.