i do...i'm allergic to prednisone so i don't get a choice.

smoking was the worse contributor for me.
but also allergies, i have had to change my allergy med a few times as my body or something has changed.
of course certain foods can cause flem. it's kind of a thing that you have to keep a diary of what you eat & drink for awhile to see if certain things affect you.
staying hydrated
do you have an infection that needs antibiotics?
or a yeast/fungal infection? that is common (i hear) with steroid inhalers.
mucinex/guaifenesin
do you have a long acting & rescue inhaler? do they help?
(my inhalers dry me out)

also, i find when i am up & moving it seems to help me clear out the gunk & get it moving; walking really seems to help me.
my worse time is at night & i find propping myself up helps a lot.

of course all of these things you should check with your dr ...did your pulmonologist have any suggestions?

ps. promises had a link about ibuprophen being used for COPD---ibuprophen is an anti-infamatory also, just not as strong as steroids, maybe your dr would want to "switch" you for awhile.

it is definatly something i would talk to my dr about; i'm sure a pulm would have more& better ideas than i

My husband constantly suffers from the chronic bronchitis, congestion, copious amounts of phlegm and mucous. The coughing and bringing up stuff never ends. We have tried a lot of things, nothing really seems to help. I notice that the prednisone taper helps for a bit, but not for long. He told me not to make a Thanksgiving dinner this year, that we would go out. Yet, today, his coughing and hacking has been so bad he felt he could not go out. Thankfully, our local diner put on a fabulous turkey dinner so I bought two of the dinners and brought them home. :)

had flem ,that i couldnt get out,was annoying and i couldnt get enough air,tryed a couple of the mucas elimination oroducts and nothing was working,read up on my apple cidar vineagar,said to take a swig and another 1 hour later,i did this and about 5 min after the first swig the mucus stated coming out,by the next hour it was gone but i too more anywayits been abour 30 hrs and no mucus,what a relief,its pretty strong and you can dilute it but i didnt,dont rinse the strongnest doesnt last long,i guess you can add thermic also,use the raw unfilterd kind,suposedly has over 200 uses,i know it worked for me