Anyone have any suggestions, being that my baby don't have a wide variety of medicines my son 9…

Anyone have any suggestions, being that my baby don't have a wide variety of medicines my son 9 months and daughter 3 years old are both sick with a really bad cold they both cry every time they cough their Dr just prescribed them Ty but that's not doing the trick :/ any help? I think I've tried almost everything in the "home remedy category"