Not very well

I am stuck with the cough from hell. I don't have a fever or sore throat - I just cough if I try to talk & and have a very silly voice, and it is not very pleasant. Fortunately I have managed to work from home most of this week, but that still means work. Telling people to e-mail or SMS instead of calling is not working and I myself get frustrated when I e-mail and then realise whoever is off site and I have to call anyway if I need a quick answer. Today revelation hit me - there is medication stuff. Not even considering a pharmacy I headed off to the corner shop for some Coke and throat thingys. Bought a packet of Strepsils. It said on the package suck on one every 2-3 hours. However - I found out they only last for 15-20 min, so you end up taking 2-3 for each hour. They give a great relief so it is hard not to take one every time you have to talk to someone. As a result - I could talk without coughing at the end of the day - but I do feel a bit light-headed & groggy. I have read the back of the package but am not sure exactly if I am in any danger of anything.
To ensure my absence of coughing during the evening and reduce the risk of "Strepsil- poisoning" I found a "bin-end" quite cheap bottle of red wine called Cock & Bull and it absolutely works. One little sip and cough is gone, but you have to continue sipping... What I really would like is some Swedish Blossa Glogg with Rum (hot wine and spices, but IKEA has no licence to sell it here). Guess I really should get some cough medicine, but have no idea about how to go about to get the real stuff over here (I am talking Swedish brand names Coccilana and Mollipect) which has been the only stuff working for me. Ideally taken together (not allowed - and makes your heart go funny - but works!). I tried to get it in England but they do not do prescription cough medicine in any circumstances - and I guess in any case not one that contains morphine ;-(
I really would like to just take tomorrow off sick, but really can't. Nobody at work will care if I don't work tomorrow, but shit will hit the fan if I do not deliver my current project on time, and tomorrow I have several serious issues to solve. Any one of them not solved, may cause a delay and I might be sent back to Europe quicker than expected...