My Dr gave me a list of meds that can be taken. For cough cold allergy congestion says "you can take benadryl, chlortrimeton, dimetapp, actifed, sudafed, robitussin, claritin or tylenol. DO NOT TAKE any medicine with Advil or aspirin."
I ve had the same problem for abt a month now.. a friend asked me to chew fresh ginger and it's fine now.. you can try dat with a toffee