Welcome to 2014 Khurt. I have the same low grade fever/head cold. But I differ in that I do not have the same concerns as you but I can never find a decongestant that works for me and those other daytime and nighttime remedies are short lived. And alot of them do contain sugars to help sweeting the taste or else one could never swallow it. Not sure that gatorade or anything like that would be of any help