Summer Colds

Summer colds are terrible. There is nothing like having a fever when it's 95 degrees outside. All complaining aside. We all get colds and unfortunately life doesn't stop when we do. So we have to just deal with them. Everyone knows that if you have a fever you stay home and take some ibuprofen but how do you get rid of the uncontrollable cough that happens in quiet public places like: meetings, church, conversations with the boss. How do you make it stop?