Losing my voice - anything I can take/drink?

I'm not sure what happened but my voice is almost totally gone. I was sick last week but felt fine the past few days. My throat does hurt but I can hardly talk. I've been drinking Lipton tea and chai tea but it hasn't helped. Any suggestions? Thanks

A little Brandy should nip it in the bud
Feel Better

I loose my voice alot.
I gargle with some warm salt water (it's so gross, but it works)

There is a product called Throat Coat that tastes like crap, but works pretty well. Also, Fisherman's Friends(also taste awful) cough drops are really helpful. Drink lots and lots of water. Remeber Caffine dehydrates. The key to not making your situation worse is to try and reduce the amount of talking that you do. When you do talk do so softly and with your soft palate raised. It will sound kinda silly, but talking the way almost all of us do is actually really rough on the vocal chords. It grinds the chords together way to much. Speaking with your soft palate raised keeps the voice more in the head and less in the throat and is better on your chords.