Itchy throat and constant urge to cough can be treated by gargling with light salt water to reduce local inflammation, and oral antihistamine drugs such as loratadine, ketotifen, cetirizine anti-allergy treatment to relieve the dry and itchy throat. Itchy throat and cough can also be treated by nebulization. The commonly used drug is saline plus budesonide, which can be nebulized twice a day and is also beneficial to relieve the local inflammation in the throat. If the cough is more pronounced at night, oral leukotriene receptor antagonists such as montelukast sodium can also be given at bedtime to improve airway hyperresponsiveness.