Cough Syrup Blues

When I went to the doctor the other day he perscribed me some narcotic cough medicine. As he says, "narcotics are the best thing to stop a cough". He perscribed me something I hadn't had before called Tussionex. It's basicly hydrocodone with an antihistamine (i think, I'd have to go and doublecheck on that part). The problem isn't the taste, it's the consistancy. I'm used to cough syrup that is kind of syrupy and mediciney tasting. I'm not quite sure what the taste of this stuff is, but it's not too bad. The problem is it's thick, really thick. And it is kinda yellowish too. And it just doesn't even look real appealing. Luckily it goes down quickly and seems to start working really fast. How come nobody can come up with medicine that doesn't taste so icky (or have the consistancy of mucous).