Vicks Vapor Inhaler

Sometimes, when I get a cold, it's such a heavy one that my nasal passage feels like it could explode with the pressure building inside it. It's way back in my nose, just below my eyes really, and it hurts my whole head. It makes me talk funny, restricts my breathing, and just generally makes me feel awful. No matter how much I blow my nose, it's still there, and this is why I paid up the cash for a Vicks Vapor Inhaler. I think they look a bit like a tampon, but you have to shove them up your nose not your...yeah you get the point. Priced around £2.50 for a tiny 0.5ml of active ingredients, these are basically nasal inhalers which you stick up your ...  Read the complete review

It's hay fever season again for me, living near lots of grassy areas and being a dog walker, I am quite affected by the grass pollen particularly. It affects my nose primarily, blocking it up and making my nose feel a bit 'heavy' I normally reach for the Piriton but due to issues with my kidneys, my GP advised me to take it this year. Instead, he recommended, strangely I thought, a Vicks Vapour Inhaler. Surely, this is only used when you have a cold? No, he said it was the best thing he had found and was a lot cheaper than a lot of alternatives, so off I went to my local pharmacy and bought one for the very respectable price of £1.99. The ...  Read the complete review

At the moment I have a really horrible cold, so in the coming days I am likely to be writing lots of reviews about all the medicinal products that I am using! One of these is Vicks Inhaler. The information on the side of the product says that it provides 'fast relief from stuffy noses' and relieves 'nasal congestion associated with upper respiratory tract disorders and allergies'. This promise sounded great to me as my nose is so snuffed up at the minute that I can hardly breathe, especially at night-time. The product consists of a small tube with a rounded top. It is tricky to describe but looks like a cross between a tiny torpedo and a tampon! ...  Read the complete review

Last week I came down with a cold and although it didn't last very long, I did need a little bit of relief. My memory told me that I had a Vicks inhaler lying around somewhere which I have had for a number of years now, so I went and sought it out. The thing itself resembles a small tampon without the cardboard insert and it's made out of plastic. The top of the plastic has a hole to let the smell out. I have taken this apart many times as I like to fiddle with things so I can tell you that inside the tube is a small, soft tube that resembles a cigarette butt. This is covered in the Vicks and that's what you smell when you inhale. They cost around £2.50 which ...  Read the complete review

What’s the really bad part of having a cold? It’s when your nose is stuffed up, right? Your head feels like its filled with cotton wool and you feel like your temples are being crushed in a vice - I’m sure you all know this feeling all too well. But that’s not the worst of it for me. When my sinuses are clogged - which happens quite often to me - I get horrible, debilitating headaches. Some people would call them migraines, but I prefer to call them sinus headaches. When I get these headaches, I find it hard to concentrate on anything and all - my vision gets blurry, I can get nauseous and all I want to do is go into a pitch-black room, lie down, close my eyes and go to ...  Read the complete review