Gnu, that sounds like my Ricola cough drops - herbal combinations the feel pretty good.
ChanteyLass, as long as it's people looking up your nose, and not you looking up your nose at people, you're set! (Think a minute, how that must work - "looking up your nose at people" - head tipped way back?)
Got my cough syrup today. I hope to sleep more soundly tonight. I'll still sleep in the chair, I think that's a given at this point of the cold, but I will at least sleep.