Does Vicks First Defence actually work?

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I've been snorting it today and yesterday as DD has had a very sore throat and I've felt the beginning of a cold (although I always seem to when I'm around someone who has one!) Just wondering if anyone else tried it. It was on offer at superdrug the other week and thought it might be handy to have - was probably tempting fate!

Does it work if you only start taking it on day 2 of a cold? It's only £3.91 from Sainsbury's or Waitrose but cannot get there until this afternoon. Cold started yesterday morning.

I don't know but I have pluerisy following a really quite nasty virus (which started the end of nov ) and I have been using sambucol for the last week and my god, it is fantastic. I feel like I have improved beyond belief in a week

Is this it? Can you buy it on the high street?

Hmm apparently it's £8.99 but 3 for 2 in Boots. Not sure I really need 3 bottles of the stuff though ...

Yes it worked for me , whole family had snotty colds and sore throats. I started snorting the stuff and despite sneezing most of it straight out it seemed to stop me getting the virus.
I was sceptical but whether it was just luck ot that I don't know

It works for me. Makes you sneeze violently but then the same day you feel better.

oh you will need 3 bottles of the stuff nappyaddict it goes quicker than you can say...well anything really!

Do you take it each day or just when you are ill?

you take it when you feel the first signs of a cold , then you squirt about 4x day for a few days

Doesn't it have zinc in it? I read something years ago about a study that proved if you took zinc at the first sign of a cold it reduced the symptoms. I bought a huge jar of zinc losenges (sp) from that expensive herbal company that I can't remember (this was pre children). Every time I thought I was getting a cold, I'd take a losenge a few times a day - I never got a full blown cold. Also zinc makes your hair grow, which was good at the time.

My colleague swears by it. Havent tried it myself, but I will give it a shot

My dad thinks it is fabulous. I tried it once and accidentally sniffed as I was pressing the thing and it hurt so much I nearly wet myself. So, er, I have no idea if it works but DO NOT SNIFF WHEN YOU PUSH THE THING. Sorry for shouting. It hurts like nothing on earth. Like someone shoved a knitting needle up your nose only worse.