Own Brand Cough & Cold Products

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I was shocked by the price of a tub of vicks vapour rub today £4 odd !!

Couldnt justify spending that much so went for sainsburys own brand one for £1.20, seems good enough to me!!



So what own brand cough/ cold products do you think are just as good as name brands??

faithcecilia

On the whole you can just compare the ingredients, for example solpadeine, migralieve (the 2nd one), feminax etc are all just 8/500 cocodamol. When it comes to cold remedies, most are paracetamol based, many at a fairly low dosage (say 650) so own brand or plain paracetamol is fine. My own exception is night nurse, somehow nothing can match it but that may well be placebo effect!

trudij

Tescos ibuprophen capsules are the only ones that have even touched the pain ive been in from a trapped nerve in my hip - so no more nuraphen for me (sorry nurophen but there we go !!)

dmg24

trudij wrote: »

Tescos ibuprophen capsules are the only ones that have even touched the pain ive been in from a trapped nerve in my hip - so no more nuraphen for me (sorry nurophen but there we go !!)

If you mean Ibuprofen and Nurofen, the active ingredients are identical. Any difference you perceive is psychosomatic.

SUESMITH_2

i buy all mine from home bargains cos im cheap

the active ingrediants are all the same and in the same amounts so why pay branded prices?

chickywiggle

boots own brand cold and flu with ibuprofen - its FAB..... kills a cold at the first sniffle.

RoseFairy

boots own brand blackcurrant liquid glycerin for about £1.59 is best for sore throats. the only one that has been effective on a sore throat i had for 3 months because of ciggy smoke and pollution. (passive smoking that is)