..I was also sick in the middle of December (& I rarely get viruses or colds)....the doctor's nurse said she had it for a month!
..so I'm on my second round of antibiotics in 2 months.
This is a strange one....
...first 3 days, aches, scratchy throat, low grade fevers in the evening....90.1, 99.5, and 100.4....
...then the coughing started.....
Now I'm on a Z-pack....and cough medicine with codeine...
A very strange virus.
Essentially it's what works for you.....I'm drinking lots of orange juice, taking Ibuprofen and using Vick's vaporub....probably a hudifier would be helpful too....
...bandaid therapy for whatever helps....
The guy I mentioned that was the only one I knew who was sick with this took the Z-pack and cough medicine too..........
It's a virus despite it's severity to you and lesser severity in others and it will not be cured by drugs but rather your own body over time.
In years past I've taken the Z for the same ailment you have and since then when I contracted the same ailment and did not take the Z, there was absolutely no difference in the recovery period..........
Taking these Z-packs or whatever drugs will have absolutely no effect on your your ailment, they are viruses. The best thing for you to do is to take vitamins or whatever to help your body stay strong while it fights the virus.......
As for prescription cough syrups, yes, they work and help you get the needed sleep you need...........
As a side note and not a topic for discussion but rather an observation, I am a lifetime smoker and while I do have a minor chronic cough due to the habit, all the respiratory illnesses that have come thru over the past number of years that I have contracted have not affected me to the same extent that the people I know that contracted the same illness and do not smoke.
My own personal opinion is that my constant smoking has forced my immune system to work overtime and thus enable it to successfully fight the viruses which fly into town each year.......