Does Airborne Cold Remedy really work?

[Niagara2]

In the airplane on the way to CA for the repo cruise - tell DH - look what I bought, lets take them so we don't get sick on the cruise. Open the container, we each pop one in our mouths - well - we both look at each other as the fizzing action starts. We are both laughing and trying not to drool on the plane. I think we made a lot of the plane occupants uneasy....it looked like we were foaming at the mouth!! Lesson learned - read instructions carefully. By the way - we didn't even get a sniffle the whole 17 day trip!!

 

[foxfire]

Thank you all for the helpful replies!

I am definitely going to buy some tomorrow. I don't know why but if we start getting sick it always seems to be in the middle of the night, so I want to have some Airborne on hand.

And I will be sure to dissolve it before taking any...LOL!

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

he says "gee its like eating an alka seltzer pill"....I said "YOU ATE IT??? he said yes and its horrible LOL...

 

[BethR]

I thought that I got better results from Zicam, but whichever you decide to use, you definately want to have it on hand to use at the first sign of a cold.

 

[foxfire]

I thought that I got better results from Zicam, but whichever you decide to use, you definately want to have it on hand to use at the first sign of a cold.

I think it would be a good idea to buy some Zicam, too. I believe someone else said they had good results with it, also. Thanks!

 

[luvmy2sams]

In the airplane on the way to CA for the repo cruise - tell DH - look what I bought, lets take them so we don't get sick on the cruise. Open the container, we each pop one in our mouths - well - we both look at each other as the fizzing action starts. We are both laughing and trying not to drool on the plane. I think we made a lot of the plane occupants uneasy....it looked like we were foaming at the mouth!! Lesson learned - read instructions carefully. By the way - we didn't even get a sniffle the whole 17 day trip!!

You just made my night!

 

[webprinter]

I just saw a report on the news tonight about it and it seemed that after investigating it, they felt it wasn't worth paying the price for it and if you take it as often as the box states you should, it can be harmful as it would be a vitamin overdose. I personally have never tried it, so I don't know. Debby

 

[SRUAlmn]

I took it for the first time tonight. I just started teaching Kindergarten and I get throaty type things really easily. I could feel it coming, so I thought I'd give it a try. Couple questions... Do you really have to take it every 3 hours? There are only 10 (?) tablets in there and it cost almost $6 (at Wal-Mart.) That's crazy. Also, it says to put the tablet in with a small amount of water I put it with about 4-5 ounces, but someone else mentioned putting it in a bottle of water (20 ounces?) Does it matter?? Also, the lemon lime flavor tastes like Sprite. Not bad at all! I was so glad to see that they weren't pills since I can't swallow pills I'll let ya know how it goes, but I think I may have taken it too late after the throat thing had started.

 

[shortbun]

Is there airborn that you can just swallow as pills? The only stuff I found had to be disolved in water and it was NASTY. I couldn't do it.

I dissolve mine in fruit juice.
Works for me. I use zinc and echinacea with vitamin C as a chaser at the same time.

 

[aprilgail2]

... Do you really have to take it every 3 hours? There are only 10 (?) tablets in there and it cost almost $6 (at Wal-Mart.) That's crazy. Also, it says to put the tablet in with a small amount of water I put it with about 4-5 ounces, but someone else mentioned putting it in a bottle of water (20 ounces?) Does it matter?? .

I take it 2-3 times a day tops when I feel a cold coming on and once a day the whole winter...I think every 2-3 hours is overkill to be honest...
I could never put it in a whole bottle of water , Iwould never be able to drink that much of it!! I put it in about an ounce of water and gulp it down that way. Tonight my daughter took some of the airborne Jr and and I tasted that and it was pretty good!

 

[Denine]

The lemon-lime is not bad. Didn't care for the orange.

I put it in a couple ounces of water.

Vitamin overdose? Maybe, if you took it every 3 hours around the clock, every day. When I was coming down with the scratchy throat, I took it every 3 hours or so while I was awake for a few days.

Bj's sells it now.