Today and yesterday have been the first and second time throat lozenges have vaguely useful. Usually you take them when you're way too far down the road with a throat infection where they do little to sooth a sore throat.

So it comes as quite a surprise that actually, I'm taking them, and besides the gentle taste(raspberry I think) they are remarkably soothing - on my beginner-wannabe sore throat that payed me a visit one morning with the distinctive irritability in swallowing.

So, yeah pretty happy about that.