Anyone use Airborne?

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MasonDuo

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Hi everyone, I'm leaving tomorrow for vacation and was wondering if any of you use Airborne before getting on the plane. Is it effective in keeping the cold and flu bug away??? Otherwise do you take anything else before or during flight? I want to feel top notch for my long anticipated vacation! :)
 
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Deadmanwalking

Deadmanwalking

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If your really worried about getting sick on your flight here are a few things that will actually lower the odds of you getting sick.

1. Drink lots of water while you are on the flight. The air in planes is very dry and if your nose get dried out your more likely to have a virus make its way into your system and not get bogged down in your snot.

2. Don't use the bathroom on the plane. They are filthy.

3. Don't let your kids or yourself touch your face after you get on the plane. Planes are pretty filthy when it comes to germs and it only takes one hand touching a dirty airplane magazine and then rubbing your eyes to get your sick.

4. Consider wearing a surgical mask. It would be nice if people that were sick would do this but since they don't if your really concerned wear a mask yourself. They don't just keep nasties from getting from a doctors nose onto a patient they also stop nasties from getting into your nose from the coughing guy sitting beside you.


And with any luck you wont need to use any Airborne which judging from the number of people in the formun that have gotten sick using it - doesn't sound like it works very well.
 
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lumpydj

lumpydj

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Deadmanwalking said:
And with any luck you wont need to use any Airborne which judging from the number of people in the formun that have gotten sick using it - doesn't sound like it works very well.
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I don't think that's what people on this thread have said at all. I don't remember anyone saying that Airborne hasn't worked...:shrug: Or have there been other posts in other threads talking about Airborne?
 
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sweetpee_1993

sweetpee_1993

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When I got sick with the flu we drove and I had not taken anything: Airborne, vitamins, etc. I learned to be more preventative. The germs in our truck were ours. I probably got the germs from work prior to leaving.
 
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Nansafan

Nansafan

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Never tried it but certainly plan to. A few years ago on a Christmas trip my brother (41 years old) came down with the chicken pox approximately 2 weeks after we returned. He said that the kid sitting next to him on the flight sneezed on him the whole flight back to Chicago. That kid probably broke out in spots a day or so after landing.
 
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RedBaron

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When a friend of mine became a flight attendant she was getting sick all the time. I had never taken Airborne before but told her about it. Even after taking it daily for a while she said she had a little relief, but still came down with colds anyway. Then again maybe it would be enough to protect someone who only flies every once in a while?
 
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urbanvegan

urbanvegan

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I always take it before any trip (WDW or otherwise) and each morning that I am away. Eating different foods, changing your sleeping patterns and just being around huge numbers of people (and all the subsequent germs) can really alter your body chemistry and lower your defenses.

And I actually think Airborne tastes delicious. Maybe you could mix it with some Beverly?
 
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backtrack

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Did anyone taking this stuff read the package?

It clearly says, "not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease."

Now if this product actually worked don't you think the makers would have submitted it to the FDA and proven that it worked?

As memory serves me ABC ran a story on this where the only lab that had claimed to show that it worked was a lab that was started by the makers of the product. Not to mention the lab didn't even have a doctor or scientist working there just two guys that were hired by the Airborne company. If Clark Howard was listen to this story I'm sure the warning sirens would be blaring.
 
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shoppingnut

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backtrack said:
It clearly says, "not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease."

Now if this product actually worked don't you think the makers would have submitted it to the FDA and proven that it worked?

As memory serves me ABC ran a story on this where the only lab that had claimed to show that it worked was a lab that was started by the makers of the product. Not to mention the lab didn't even have a doctor or scientist working there just two guys that were hired by the Airborne company. If Clark Howard was listen to this story I'm sure the warning sirens would be blaring.
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The packaging says not intended to diagnose, in other words don't diagnose yourself and decide that this is the appropriate treatment or cure. It doesn't prevent disease, for example taking this will not prevent heart disease, mumps or measles, but can very well prevent the general cold from germs. This is on the package because of lawyers.

Submitting something to the FDA would take a ridiculous amount of time and besides this isn't a drug.

Well granted it was only one lab and their hired people, but I have used it and feel it works for me and that is all that is really important as far as I am concerned.
 
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wendysmom

wendysmom

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After getting sick countless times after flying, we started using it...and no more colds, flu, etc.! So, it works for us no matter what the label says!:wave:
 
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Tiggerish

Tiggerish

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Silly Me!

When I read the title of this thread, I thought it was a question about using Airborne Express, the overnight package delivery service. :ROFLOL:

Obviously, I spend too much time in an office.:lol:
 
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