Hey guys i had this same shit. 4 weeks later and my throat is still dry & hoarse from all the coughing. About week 2 i got fed up as no meds would work. I took some advice from this irish buddy of mine and slammed a whole bottle of baileys whiskey. The next day it just about broke my sickness down to ziltch, just dealing with minor headaches, and cough here and there. Before i would get into coughing spats of 10 coughs in 2 seconds. It was bad, glad im through it.