Does Airborne Really Work?

Like millions of others, I have tried Airborne. Airborne was created by a schoolteacher who hit upon this “magical formula” which is alleged to help keep high your immunity from the common cold. Airborne is sold in plastic tubes, containing discs about the size of a quarter. Two of these are the recommended dose. You are supposed to dissolve them in water, much as you would Alka-Seltzer, and though you might think they TASTE the same as Alka-Seltzer, you would be DEAD WRONG. A-S has never been called the greatest tasting stuff on earth but your taste buds have likely never been hit with something quite like Airborne. Like all products containing higher levels of zinc, there is a distinct, pungent flavor that defies description, but even this fact hardly prepares one for the all-out assault on your mouth as the bubbling concoction passes your lips. The smell alone is like a punch in the face. I’ll be honest, folks: the first time I tried Airborne, the taste of it made me vomit. And I was at WORK when this happened. Nice. But, being either a real sucker for punishment or one of those people who believes in second chances, I tried it again (this time at home). Thankfully, no vomit this time but it DID make me wretch involuntarily. There is just SOMETHING about the flavor of this stuff that sickens me to no end! For that reason alone, I can’t recommend it. As for whether or not it actually works, well…I can’t say it really seemed to do much of ANYTHING. Sadly, I think Airborne – like so many other “homeopathic” remedies – works if you WANT IT TO. (But first you have to get paste that TASTE, in which case all I can say is GOOD LUCK!)