<human>: good afternoon: I ve sick for the last 2 weeks with a lot of cough,body ache,headache and lot of phlems. I went to urgent care the doctor diagnostic was upper respiratory tract infection but didn t give any medicine just recommended me to take robbitusin. What i can do? my lungs,ribs and head hurst a lot because of the coughing. Thank you very much, Yescenia
<bot>: HI, thanks for using Chat Doctor Persistent coughing can result in pain in the muscles and other soft tissues in the chest. It can also cause discomfort in the throat. You can use an oral anti-inflammatory painkiller to help relieve the pain that you are experiencing. This includes medications such as ibuprofen, Catalan, Voltaren, naproxen. One of these can be used, it should be available over the counter and should be used on a full stomach. I hope this helps