Hi, I had a bad cold for about a week, and for the past 2 weeks I've been getting over it quite well and it's nearly completely gone. But just yesterday the back of my tongue started to hurt. It's only the farthest back left bit of it, and it's like a dull ache. I asked my friend about this and he said it's happened to him before and you can either get a prescripted antibiotic, or let it go away on its own. Is there an over-the-counter type medicine/drug I would be able to get instead of Roxithomycine (I'm terrified of going to the doctor's).