Airborne Effervescent Health Formula Dietary Supplement Tablets, Adult Formula

Pros: It works, it works quickly, and it tastes good (to me).
Cons: A little pricy. Allergen for some. Must take before cold takes hold.

I was very dubious about this product. An expensive tube of 10 effervescing tablets for all that money $5-$6-$7 - I don't remember. It seemed a lot. I read it and it seemed like it only had a few vitamins, some echinacea, and a few herbs I only knew as ...

Pros: Can help fight off colds or minimize their severity. Made in USA!
Cons: Orange flavor isn't great (but it also comes in lemon lime and gummi lozenges)

I went almost 3-1/2 YEARS without getting sick--thanks to Airborne. If YOU feel a cold coming on, then you might want to give it a try.... Airborne is a mixture of herbs (like ginger and echinacea), vitamins (like A, C and E) and ...

Pros: These give a quick boost of dietary nutrients to the body's immune system.
Cons: Zinc can cause some upset stomach and diarrhea.

Facts: There are many germs in the air, some viral and some bacterial. These germs are spread from person to person by coughing, sneezing, handshaking and just plain breathing in and out. Germs are more prominent in crowded areas: schools, malls, ...

Pros: Will prevent or severely lessen the symptoms of a cold!
Cons: Does not taste to good.

Whenever I feel a cold coming on, I immediately drink a glass of Airborne. This wonderful little effervescent tablet is a mixture of 17 herbs and nutriens, including Vitamins A, C and E, echinacea and Zinc which have been proven to help prevent or ...

Pros: Tastes okay, works better than anything I've tried!
Cons: None

I have to tell you - I LOVE Airborne!!! I can honestly say that Airborne has helped to keep me employed - now how many cold preventatives do you know of that could make that claim? The reason I say that is this: I am a professional singer and musician ...

Pros: Fights/Prevents Germs, Helps To Lessen The Severity Of Cold Symptoms & Lessen The Duration
Cons: The Taste...But, The Way This Product Works Makes It Well Worth It!

I cannot even begin to express how thrilled I am that the winter season is coming to an end here in Georgia. Unfortunately, while the weather is warming up here, the germs are still sneaking around. A few days ago both of my daughters came down with ...

Pros: Tastes good, Effective, Over the counter, Convenient, Quick, Fair Price
Cons: Only available in packs of 10 doses.

Airborne is truly one of the most remarkable products that has emerged in the over-the-counter health field since NyQuil. We're all familiar with Vitamins, herbs, medicines... but when it comes down to suffering with a cold or flu...what can ...

Pros: Quickly eliminates a cold at the initial onset
Cons: None, except for maybe the cost is a little high

I am an avid user of vitamins and minerals and trying the newest thing to prevent colds. I had never tried Airborne because I thought it was mainly for travelers, but a friend told me she used it at the onset of a cold to get rid of the symptoms quickly ...

Pros: works great, helps your body fight colds, tastes really good, very easy to take
Cons: none

I have been having a lot of problems with minor colds lately, and I just could not shake them. I was not operating at 100% for a while, and a friend came to me with a suggestion, and a new product that I had not heard of. She too had suffered through ...

Pros: prevents colds, easy to use, decent taste
Cons: too few tablets in a container, expensive

I first heard about Airborne from my mom, a retired high school teacher. She informed me that there was a miracle "drug" on the market that would help boost your immune system to ward off minor viruses. I figured she placed some extra stock in the ...

Pros: Wonderful - keeps colds and flu AWAY!
Cons: Nothing!

My youngest daughter is a competitive swimmer and has currently qualified to compete in large events. The problem is she must remain healthy to continue to make the time standards for these events. When you consider school is a breeding ground for ...

Pros: Works wonderfully
Cons: None

I am a not a *fun* sick person to be around. I get moody, edgy and downright snotty to anyone and everyone when I am under the weather. I do not mean to be, but that is how it is nonetheless. I am also one of those people who can not stand it when people ...

Pros: Easy to take, taste is not bad, works.
Cons: Slight aftertaste, price.

I just started using Airborne this year. Until now I had been skeptical, but I had some things going on and I really did NOT want to get sick. So I decided to go for it. I do mainly use the Walmart generic version, but I did also use a tube of name ...

Pros: I started feeling better within 2-3 hours!! Not a bad price.
Cons: Hard to find, everyone is buying this stuff!

I started feeling pretty lousy yesterday like I was going to get the flu. And BAM! I woke up, and there it was! Sore throat, sniffles, achy - I am having family down to my house in 2 days for the holidays (Thanksgiving) and was FREAKING OUT that I ...

Pros: Convenient to consume and portable for travel, good taste, all natural, think it helps
Cons: Can't prove its effectiveness

You may have heard about Airborne by now. If not, then here's the skinny. These effervescent tablets are designed to help boost your immune system so that your body can better defend itself against germs. These do not claim to cure ...

Pros: Seems to work if you take it soon enough. Both flavors taste good to me.
Cons: Scummy ring that remains after going through the dishwasher.

I think this is a pretty good product. Seems to ward off the cold you think you might be getting when you feel that feeling (at least I do) near the sinuses and above the soft palate. I don't take it every three hours -- trying to conserve it because ...

Pros: Tastes okay, quickly dissolves in water, keep me from getting sick.
Cons: Who knows if it really is the best option; kind of pricey.

I recently stocked up on Airborne by buying 9 cases all at once. I did this because I have been very pleased with the product this year and because I have begun to feel that it is vital to my job. I work in an elementary school where little kids cough ...

Pros: It works and it's homeopathic
Cons: Tastes awful

Hubby's cohorts at work were all coming in sick as dogs and sitting in on meetings spreading their sneezing, wheezing, coughing sore throat/colds to everyone. He came home with Airborne Effervescent Health Formula Dietary Supplement Tablets. I have to ...

Pros: taste, settles stomach, speeds recovery, boosts immunity
Cons: overpriced, doesn't cure a full-blown cold

The idea behind Airborne is to drop one tablet into a small glass of water, let it fizz and dissolve, and drink up the vitamin/herbal supplement every three hours as necessary. That’s a LOT of Vitamin C. Each 5 calorie tablet contains 1000 mg of Vitamin ...

Pros: Quick, easy and effective. In my opinion, the lemon/lime flavor tastes great!
Cons: Since I like taking it daily during the winter months, it can be costly.

While there is no one "pill" that will ward off all strains of colds and the Flu, Airborne is quite effective in building your immune system if one is deficient in those cold-fighting nutrients. Our bodies require a combination of vitamins, minerals, ...

Pros: help keep my immune system up
Cons: don't taste very good, texture not that great, have to drink water after done

I am on the war path against the cold and flu viruses this Winter. I picked up Airborne Effervescent Health Formula in Lemon-Lime for myself. I have friends who have purchased this since it came out and will not go through a cold and flu season without ...

Pros: Lessens severity of colds
Cons: Have to take on a regular basis for real results.

Being that my son is in childcare he is always bringing home some sort of a cold. I figure as long as the snot is wet, he must still be alive. Fortunately for him, I have found a variety of methods to cure the snot, but the cold just goes from him to ...

Pros: Natural ingredients, lots of vitamins--good for your immune system, no pills to swallow
Cons: Hard to clean glass once the remains have dried...wash glass immediately after drinking Airborne

The fact that this formula was developed by a 2nd grade teacher should be enough to encourage you to try it. Children (and those in frequent contact with them) are notorious for getting and spreading colds and every other nasty sickness. My husband ...

Pros: May help fight off a cold, vitamins
Cons: Price, can't prove if it works

Airborne formula is a vitamin and herbal supplement designed to fight off colds. One of the first things you will notice is that they advertise prominently that it was developed by a school teacher, and who better to be inventing medicine? I received ...

Pros: It works well in preventing colds from forming.
Cons: The levels of vitamins in the tablets, the suggested dose, not FDA approved

The saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” can be interpreted many ways. It can be a way for parents to encourage their children to eat fruit or a clever slogan to promote purchasing apples. But perhaps the most meaningful message that can come ...

Pros: Few if any.
Cons: A primarily useless dietary supplement.

This is a perfect example of psychosomatic medicine. I remember an old Saturday Night Live skit with Steve Martin, claiming to have discovered the best narcotic in the world. He said (don't tell anyone) it's called a placebo. 150 years ago, quack doctors ...

Pros: Good source of vitamin C
Cons: Doesn't help with a headcold

I'm currently in the midst of a terrible headcold. At the recommendation of a friend, and from the other reviews I read here, I decided to try some Airborne. I picked it up at Wal-Mart for $6 a tube of 10 tablets (purchased 2 tubes). I wasn't expecting a ...

Pros: Humurous and entertaining to watch others get jipped.
Cons: Doesn't work. Not approved by FDA. Class action lawsuit. Bogus clinical trials. Created by "SchoolTeachers".

Yes, Airborne. What a wonderful product. Surely, this product will stop or at least decrease a cold. Nevermind that there is no actual cure for the cold and you'd be better of simply washing your hands frequently to prevent infrection. After all, thats ...

Pros: Good source of vitamins if taken minimially
Cons: Can cause vitamin overdose and make you more ill

I was coming down with a cold or flu, like so many other people, so I saw Airborne and remembered hearing something about it. I purchased it and took my first dose. Following the directions carefully I took another dose after 3 hours and another about 3 ...

Pros: see below
Cons: see below

Pharmacists Letter "Rumor vs Truth" February 11, 2005 RUMOR: Airborne can help prevent or shorten duration of colds. TRUTH: Airborne is a dietary supplement used for prevention and treatment of colds and flu. It's the one that was "developed ...

Pros: None
Cons: Kidney damage, cost

"Airborne formula"is created by a "second grade school teacher" Victoria Knight-McDowell and marked by Airborne Inc. They have a website at www.AirborneHealth.com. They make no explicit claims, since that would be a violation of the Food and Drug ...

Pros: The pros are these tablets work!!!
Cons: None at all. The taste was not a factor to me.

Yesterday I felt a virus coming on. I had already purchased Airborne but had not used it yet. I took a tablet and it did just what it promises, it killed the virus that I felt coming probably surely brought on by this strange cold weather here in Chicago in mid August. I will swear to the fact that I immediately started to feel better very soon after swallowing down this magic formula. Who cares about taste when the products does its job. I will swallow a brick if it would make me fell better. A bit pricey in some drug chains but Walmart sells it for $5.00 and some change. Well worth it. Check your local Target stores too.
The bottom line is this, this product will have you up and around in no time flat, run don't walk and purchase these miracle tablets! God bless the woman who invented Airborne!!!!

Pros: easy to take, lemon,lime flavor is pretty good.
Cons: wish there were more tablets in the tube.

Started feeling under the weather and while cruising the cough/cold isle at the pharmacy, Airborne caught my eye. I remember seeing the commercials and thought...why not try it. Reading the ingredients it seemed to be a good boost to my immune system, and so far so good. I feel pretty good, no real signs of the cold anymore.

Pros: Believe the hype
Cons: none

There really isn't much I can say about this product that hasn't been mentioned by everyone else. This is a great preventative product for getting a cold. When you feel the prelude to a cold, slight tickle in your throat or feeling run down this is what you need.

I've used this product all winter when I felt a cold coming on or when I've been in contact with sick people / kids and its kept me from getting sick.

Not sure how much this would help if your already sick.

Pros: I haven't been sick all year!
Cons: Expensive, hard to find. About 60-70 cents a tablet can mean about $3 a day.

I am a huge skeptic when it comes to these things. I am a physician and I generally try to investigate these alternative ideas before I believe in them. But the truth is, I work in a hospital, all day, almost every day of the week. On at least 4 separate occasions, I have started to feel a cold coming on (sore throat, fatigue, headache, runny nose), and my mom bought me some Airborne so I figured it couldn't HURT. Since I started taking the stuff (about 6 months ago, throughout the entire winter and cold season) I have not had one cold. Not one. Usually I have about 3-4 colds every winter because of all of the sick people at work. So I have decided that Airborne works for me, until I can prove otherwise.

Pros: You can totally avoid a cold, or heal quickly if you have one already
Cons: I wish it was cheaper ($7), plus stores that carry it run out frequently

This is fantastic stuff. It works. When I feel a cold coming on, such as runny eyes, sneezing all day, using up a box of tissues, etc., if I take this, and I usually take it with Alacer Emer'gen-C (www.alacer.com/home.htm) or Electrolyte Stamina Power Pak (www.traceminerals.com/products/elstpwrpak.html), I *will not* get the cold. I've bought this for my whole family and they all keep it stocked now. The stores near me can't keep it on the shelves, and this is because of word of mouth. My brother had a cold recently that would not go away - endless coughing and sneezing. This was right after I found Airborne. So I brought him the goods and by the next day after taking one dose he was on the mend.

Pros: Easy, low $, taste, it works amazingly - i swear
Cons: Everyone is sold out!!!! Its very hard to find.

Airborne is a miracle worker. I first started taking airborne a couple of weeks ago when I was deathly ill with the flu. I know the directions say to take it at the first sign of a cold, but I took it in the middle of my flu. I took one cup at night (with heated water so it tasted like tea) and within two hours it had eliminated my fever. I slept on it and the next morning, it cleared up my congestion, I could finally breathe through my nose. The following day I was much, much better. And the ginger helps so much since cold medicine makes my nauseous. It was so nice taking something that I was able to keep down. Ever since then every time I feel a scratch in my throat or start feeling the pressure behind the eyes, I turn to airborne. I have a feeling I wont be sick anymore this winter!

Pros: A lot of good ingredients, convenient, good taste, makes you feel better.
Cons: Unfairly grossly penalized for original advertising claims and studies not done by experts.

I am one of the people that love Airborne - when I have a cold, I usually take this too late - way after the cold has manifested, and I think to buy some. However, I notice in a few minutes my nose has opened up significantly, and my sneezing has slowed or stopped.  It just plain makes me feel better for a couple hours.

Pros: It works, it's easy, it's compact, it's inexpensive and did I mention it WORKS!
Cons: None!

Do you remember Tang??? Tastes just like it but you feel great after taking it!

It really is an amazing product. I used to get sick every month for at least a week... No really my friends and co-works would often say "Are you sick again?". And I would get really sick, out for days sometimes weeks at a time.

In the past year I've only been sick twice and I would categorize them as "just a little under the weather."

I suggest to read the directions and take it as often as it will allow you too during a cold.

I love the gummi lozenges too I keep a package on me at all times.

OH and p.s. it's a great hang-over remedy too.. Not sure if they intended it for that though.

Pros: Stops colds before they get really bad.Reduces trips to the doctor for antibiotics.
Cons: It used to be out of stock. Now it is stocked well.

I have told every one I've met who has cold or flu symptoms about this product! I started using it for my children (half of tablet for kids ) back in 2004 after seeing the inventor on Oprah.
We no longer have to take antibiotics as we used to.
I highly recommend this product, I can't express how grateful I am to have it !

Pros: Tastes good, easy to carry with you and very effective.
Cons: If I wait too long before starting the Airborne process, it doesn't seem to help.

I am one of those people who get everything that comes down the pipeline and when I get sick, I get very sick.
Airborne has been very effective for me.

I start taking it at the first sign of trouble and when traveling. Some time I take it just because. I have many grandchildren and it seems like a good idea to take it when they're around a great deal, like Christmas vacation and summer time.

Pros: Easy to use. Seems to work against flu as well as cold viruses.
Cons: Tastes unusual, but not too bad. I put mine in Gator-Ade.

I bought Airborne at the recommendation of several people at work. I was skeptical that herbal potions really worked, but I decided to try it. My two daughters, my wife, and my mom and dad all came down with a nasty stomach flu 2 days after a family get-together. At the first sign of illness in them, I started taking Airborne as a test. A week after having direct contact with my children's various coughs, sneezes, and vomits (sorry), I never contracted ANY sign of the flu. This virus was EXTREMELY contagious, and I have never avoided a bug that my whole family came down with before. So, based on my trial run, I recommend Airborne as a fast response to any cold OR flu virus that may come knocking at your door.

Pros: Effectiveness
Cons: Delivery from Company - HORRIBLE

This product works great! This is the first winter that I haven't gotten the full-blown flu and barely had any colds at all. As far as delivery from the company - the worst experience ever! I placed the order on the 10th of the month, the order wasn't even processed until the 19th and I didn't receive the package until the 28th. I had to order through the company because Oprah mentioned the product on her television show and you could not find it in any drugstore.

Pros: Will kill germs trying to enter in to make you ill
Cons: Expensive for just 10 pills

I was not sure if I wanted to spend 6 dollars for 10 tablets when I wasn't even sure if it was going to work. However I gave it a try because everyone in my family goes on and on about how great the stuff is. I woke up Sunday morning with my throat feeling funny and my glands in my neck swollen. Coming from a person who gets about 10 colds every winter, I knew this was the first sign of a long two weeks of coughing, sneezing, and over all feeling pretty miserable. I took 3 doses of the medicine and to my surprise all my symptoms disappeared within 24 hours. I sing every week and I have to make sure I have my voice so I was willing to try anything and now that I have tried Airborne I make sure I keep a tube of it in my purse!

Pros: It got rid of my cold! Need I say any more?
Cons: expensive

I took it at the first signs of getting a cold...and it worked!! It was awesome! I just can't say enough about the product. I don't know if I overkilled it, because I took it for three days, or until the product was gone. That is the one problem with this product is it doesn't tell you when to stop taking it. But all in all, well recommended!

Pros: Easy to take and I really believe it works.
Cons: None, if you add the juice.

Just a note to say that I tried adding some orange juice to my lemon-lime flavored Airborne and it tastes great. I wait until the tablet has fully dissolved before I add the juice. I can’t imagine that doing this would decrease the effectiveness, but if someone knows otherwise please tell me.

Pros: Only need to use a small amount of water. Taste is quite tolerable.
Cons: None as long as it remains available in stores!

Typically, I have gotten two colds a year - 1 in summer and 1 in winter. However, last year I ran myself down quite a bit and since October, I have been sick EVERY month with nasty colds and fatigue... until now (June).

I tried Airborne around mid-month when I felt my usual symptoms starting even though they weren't severe. The cold never fully developed and I went back to feeling normal in short order. Then a few days ago, I came down with a bad sore throat, I was sneezing all day and feeling crappy. I ran to several stores that night and found Airborne and starting taking it immediately. The next day, I wasn't sneezing, the congestion was minimized, and most of the sore throat was gone. Today, I feel perfectly fine again! I'm still taking it today to make sure the cold will not appear and then I'll taper off again.

This is the first month that I have not gotten sick since October and I'm thrilled! I am going to extol the virtues of Airborne to everyone.

Pros: IT WORKS, IT WORKS, IT WORKS!!! Did I mention that it works?
Cons: ALWAYS SOLD OUT DURING COLD SEASON!!! STOCK UP!!!

I have always suffered from violent colds and flu’s lasting 5-7 days. Now my mild colds last only a day or two! The trick is to take it every 3 hours... no exceptions! I even set an alarm during the night... I know it may sound extreme but I've only had three SUPER MILD colds in the past year! These tablets are worth every penny and the taste... it's just like Orange Tang! No problem.

Pros: It works well.
Cons: Not crazy about the taste.

I am in and out of Dr's office alot with my uncle so i decided to try Airborne. So far i have not been sick.
There have been nights when i really felt like i was coming down with something and i took this and to my surprise the next day i felt great. So i would say it really worked for me.

Pros: It works!
Cons: The orange zest flavor is quite nasty. Expensive - $6.99 @ Walgreens.

I'm around sick kids all day everyday and have not gotten sick yet. I don't take 1 every 3 hours like the dosage says otherwise I'd go through a tube of tablets a day! All & All this product is worth a try.

Pros: Works well when taken before you are sick...not so much after.
Cons: If you are already sick does not work. Causes the worst gas ever w/upset stomach.

I am not a placebo effect person..I have been taking allergy medication since I was 6...a drug either works or it doesn't and it's very easy to tell in someone that has had to take a lot of medicine. Airborne works really well for me if i take it at the first sign of neck and knee pain (my first clue that i have a virus of some sort) If I wait till I am sick I really don't see that it helps much.

Pros: Works for me what more can I say?
Cons: After the Cold is already in progress I didn't see that much benefit.

I'm 62 yrs. young and somewhat "Crusty" ........usually I just don't buy into claims of get well quick snake oil remedies. I've used Airborne now for about 2 years and it is fantastic stuff and works for me. I try and take it as directed when I know someone close to me has the making of a Cold headed their way. It has stopped colds in their tracks for me.

Pros: Helps to ward off colds and/or lessens the impact of a cold.
Cons: This product contains a lot of sodium. Use caution when taking this product.

This is a very good product to help ward off colds, etc. I have used it many times and will use it again. I always keep Airborne in my cabinet.

Pros: It got rid of the cold symptoms quickly!
Cons: I had an immediate reaction of itching and rash all over my body.

I wanted to caution people because though I took it to lessen the oncoming cold symptoms, once they'd subsided I broke out into a massive rash from the feet to the neck. It wasn't raised like a penicillin rash but, then, I realized that people who had asthma reacted to the herbal ingredients in the product.

I ended up going to the doctor because the itching would not stop even with an anti histamine tablet they suggested I take.
The doctor said that as I'd taken the tablets every three hours at the onset of the cold, not changed anything else in my day, this was probably the culprit.

Please don't overdo it if you've had asthma or allergies to plants in the same family as echinacea.

Pros: It seems to work for some people
Cons: Got very sick regardless of using Airborne

I have mixed thoughts about this product. At first it seemed to help fight off the viral illnesses I get every winter, where the symptoms go away quickly. However, the after effects of a cold still linger, like voice trouble (I'm a singer and can't afford to lose my voice). This past winter, while taking Airborne regularly, I picked up 2 nasty viral illnesses that I have not had in years and one of them lasted for 2 weeks. This is why I can't really say if this product even works for me. Maybe I'll find out next winter.

Pros: If your wallet seems heavy, this'll lighten it right up for you!!
Cons: That it doesnt work at all, and doesnt taste good. Try Flinestones instead!!!!!!

I bought a tube of airborne because I work at one of the retailers, so I saw it often. I bought it and started to take it, to keep from getting a cold that my mom and brother always seem to get. Well, I took it, and I have a cold RIGHT now. I just took one, just to see if it could redeem itself. I had really high hopes for this icky tasting Alka_Seltzers! They taste bad and they DONT help!!!

Pros: Causes minimal harm unless you take it daily.
Cons: Ridiculously expensive for the ingredients.

A group of us traveled together and all caught the same cold, including the 4 people taking Airborne. They were convinced that Airborne had made their symptoms milder, but since we all felt that this was a mild cold and none of us missed out on any travel activities, I'm now convinced that Airborne is no better than a good cheap multivitamin.

Pros: I actually love the lemon flavor. its like medicated crystal light.It may work?
Cons: Expensive... it may not work?

Tried airborne a couple times at first notice of feeling weird... still got extremely sick. Looking at the ingredients I'm not so sure... they are all pretty normal herbs I could get fresh around the corner for cheaper... and some have had very mixed results (take Echinacea for instance...) I dunno... I'd rather just get quality herbs/vitamins of the ones that I know work (for less money), and plenty of rest.

Pros: None
Cons: What are you people thinking?

What are people thinking? Where are the scientific studies? A second grade teacher creates a medicine( o excuse me suppliment). Should I remind people that the US is behind the rest of the world in science education.

Pros: I have no comment.
Cons: AIRBORNE is a very dangerous product in combination with blood thinners;Warfarin, resulting in internal bleeding!

After taking Airborne for 5 days my INR level jumped from its consistent 3.0 level to above 6.0 (possibly greater since I quit taking Airborne two days prior to INR testing. This level caused me to bleed internally. Once I stopped taking Airborne my blood level is now returning to a safe level.

I wrote the Airborne people with my comments suggesting they provide a warning for people on Blood Thinners! Their reply to me was: "Always consult with your doctor prior to taking over the counter products!"

Pros: Might help some people psychologically (placebo effect), however, read our cons.
Cons: Side effects to recommended doses can be terrible; no mention of this on packaging.

I've had 3 colds while taking Airborne this season, a record for me. I had none the year before, and only one the year before that. If Airborne helps anyone, I think it must be psychological, which if perfectly fine if it works. However, be warned; taking the recommended dosage on the package can make you very, very sick. My sister became nauseous and dizzy; I, too, became very dizzy with severe diarrhea; and our mother practically passed out from taking 3 doses in 12 hours. I would say this is a little like the old snake oil the traveling salesman used to sell, except Airborne has the ability to actually make you feel worse. There probably should some control over this high dosage or, at least, a warning label.