Can you get your doctor to prescribe cough syrup with codeine? Also, I know you said you're sucking down tea, but I find sometimes plain hot water works better or, at most plain hot water with a little bit of lemon and possibly a bit of honey. When I've had a spate of 'coughing so hard I'm almost sick to my stomach', that usually helps calm me temporarily, at least.
Conversely, you might try cold; I know winter is over, but sometimes going out into cold weather sometimes soothes distressed air passages better than warm/steam. In lieu of frigid temps outside, might REALLY cold liquids help at all?
Frankly, I find that cough drops are really not much help against bad coughs, just minor ones. Cough syrup sometimes works better, but YMMV. (And I can't take a full dose of cough syrup at night - it keeps me awake.)
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Date: 2006-05-03 06:40 pm (UTC)Conversely, you might try cold; I know winter is over, but sometimes going out into cold weather sometimes soothes distressed air passages better than warm/steam. In lieu of frigid temps outside, might REALLY cold liquids help at all?
Frankly, I find that cough drops are really not much help against bad coughs, just minor ones. Cough syrup sometimes works better, but YMMV. (And I can't take a full dose of cough syrup at night - it keeps me awake.)