Will you still use Vicks VapoRub?

This is ridiculous.  These companies are just trying to keep kids miserable as long as possible, first taking away cold medicine and now Vicks Vaporub.  I had lots of colds when I was younger, and was treated once or twice during my cold with Vicks.  I can guarantee that Vicks works.  The vapors are very soothing, and it helps the airways a great deal.  Forget these experts.

Is this any different than telling me that 2 people who drive red cars died after driving 150K miles in 10 years? Out of the 2 million who drive red cars?  Does this mean I should sell my car or paint it?

I was raised on the stuff and can't imagine a cold or sore throat without it!  Hey, if it worked for Mom and Grandma, it will work for me!

Ok...who would ever put vicks under the nose of a small child? wouldn't the vapors irritate the eyes too?    What good does the vapor rub do if you put it on the soles of your feet???

I was raised using Vick's - but not under my nose.  My mom would rub it on my chest and back and even on my neck and this product helped immensly.  Each morning after using Vick's it was very important to wash (with soap and hot water) the remaining salve off to ensure that the vapors didn't drive the "cold" deeper into your chest when you went outside in the cold. 

It's sad that because of misuse of a product by consumers that it's getting a bad rap.  Maybe all these "modern" studies and such should be replaced with good old country, housewives' home remedies or better yet...maybe people should just use some common sense and listen to the older generations...yeah they might be old but they are wise!

I HATED Vicks Vapo Rub and I wish my Mom were alive today so I could stick this article under her nose and say,  "I TOLD you so".  I fought like panther every time she insisted on rubbing it on my chest.  Funny, my kids loved it and begged for me to put it on them.  The very best thing anyone can use on congestion and a cold is a simple humidifier.  If you don't have one, buy it, use it and it doesn't need Vicks or anything else added to it...just the simple humidity in the air.  I'm old enough to be a grandmother now; take my word for it.

Our grandparents (and some of our mothers) also smoked around children, women smoked during pregnancy and a glass of wine was also considered "okay" for pregnant women.  They used syrup of ipecac, which is no longer recommended.  They weren't wise, they just didn't know any better (and if they kept up those activities after they knew better, then they were, at best, selfish).  Let's learn from the literature and from those who have spent years treating children with upper respiratory problems.  Let's resolve today to continue to use our brains and benefit from the good research being done by our healthcare professionals. 

Treatments for my colds as a kid were Vicks on the chest and a cup of hot tea with a tablespoon of whiskey in it at night. I was then sent to bed and wrapped up in a blanket. by next morning the cold was usually broken. During the day, hot tea with honey kept the cough in check and a Vicks inhaler tube took care of the congestion in my nose. I have survived for almost 63 years and I still use those remedies.  

Yes, will still use vicks vapo rub. Still an excellent remedy when used correctly. In fact, still works when newer products don't.

The people who do these studies and report them should be put under the scope.  I've been using Vicks all my life without a single problem.  I even pack it in my travel bag for vacation and business trips.  It clears nasal passages and enables me to breathe and sleep more comfortably.  The report suggests that Vick tricks the brain:  this is without merit.  What medication doesn't trick the brain?  They all do.  The brain senses everything anyway.  Another thing, there are numerous medications that should not be administered to children.  Why cause unnecessary alarm and concern?  I suggest Dr. Rubin has more urgent medical research pending, such as finding cures for diseases and other medical ailments.

My Mom never used Vicks on me. I never used Vicks on my children. My Mom used a humidifier. I use a humidifier. I sipped hot tea with honey. My kids sipped hot tea with honey. I sipped hot chicken broth. My kids sipped hot chicken broth. Even without Vicks, my children and I grew up happy and healthy. Now my children are getting ready to have their own children, one married and the other 2 not far away. They plan on doing the same soothing, memory charged things when their littles are sick. Somehow I believe that they will turn out kids just as healthy as we all were, and without Vicks or the possible risks. You don't necessarily NEED Vicks to survive childhood,  but if that's the Mom  Memory you need to feel better, and the potential risks don't bother you at all, go for it. Half of cold fighting is mental anyway.

I've used Vicks for as long as I can remember and I'm in my 70s. Every night before getting in bed I put some around my nostrils and it seems to help keep them open during the night.

If it's just "Fooling Me" so be it I guess. Anyway, It works for me!  In fact, if my memory serves me, I can remember way back in the early 40s perhaps, there was a notation on the jar that said if you put a dab of Vicks on the end of a teaspoon, put a little sugar on it and licked it off, it might help with a sore throat!  Never tried that myself, but I swear I recall seeing that.

  Right now I put Vicks on my big toe because of a nail fungus. This was my Dermotolagist's idea not mine.  She say's it works for some people, but it takes quite a while for it to rid you of the Fungus.  We'll see, so far it seems to be helping a bit!

I have used it for my 4 older kids & i have a vicks babyrub i use on my 2 yr old.Ive been using the babyrub on him since he was 3 months old.Until i see an adverse effect in my kids,ill continue to use it.But i dont use every time they are sick either.I also use a vaporizer or humidifier.Just depends on what they have.

"Doctoring" is making another generational turn in that, with a bad economy, people out of work and losing health insurance, people can no longer afford to just run to the doctor for every little illness.  And after all these generations, nothing a doctor can do or tell you about cold remedies has any better effect on you and your kids than just doing what comes naturally to most people, and that includes doing what your granny and mama did.

The common cold -and some not so common ones - were never treated by doctors back in my grandmother's, mothers', or even my day (I'm 58).  Salves, ointmnets, and other home remedies (chicken soup, hot sea and honey, etc.) were all used with success.  By success, I mean, we all recovered in due time, however long a time that was for each individual.  But what we ingested and rubbed on our bodies was certainly less powerful and invasive to our systems than the powerful drugs of today, most of which "trick the brain."

Seldom were any drugs used except for maybe aspirin.  And the most common denominator was that, when anyone was sick with a cold in our home, we did not get up and go running around the house or sit and watch tv or anything else.  We were forced to STAY IN BED. 

Now if anything works for a kid, it is having to eat chicken soup for a couple of days and stay in bed with nothing to do.  That alone is a powerful inducement and "tricks the brain" into full recovery.  To your good health, everyone!

I recently received an email saying if you put Vicks on the bottom of your feet it will keep you from coughing now they throw this at you. I have been using Vicks for 50 years. When my kids got sick with a chest cold they got Vick's and a humidifier. The humidifier helps break up the cold. There's nothing worse than having a sick child and you want to do everything to make them feel better. GO VICKS. ps keep your hands washed also.

I could never tell the adults who used it on me why it always made me feel worse, now I know that I am very alergic to eucalyptus.  This makes sense, I never used it for my kids even though my husband thought it was the best thing going. 

give me a break!!!  It tricks the brain..lol  It does dilate...and opens sinuses.  I am not for studies that do not give all info especially from doctors which the results can be self-serving.  I want control and ages...the amount of people tested..over what period of time...

Been in use in my family 30 yrs.

I have seen a asthma attack get worse..the person we found was allergic to a ingredient.  I work in the medical field.  when in doubt do do anything new.

They must have had a slow day, and went looking hard for some new, silly "Oh no!  This is bad for you too!" thing.  So tired of being told that we're surrounded by never ending and unimaginable danger.

They must have had a slow day, and went looking for yet another "Hey!  Look!  This is bad for you too!"  I'm so tired of being told that we are surrounded by invisible, unimaginable danger all the time.

Vicks works when rubbed on the chest makes you cough up all the crud, helps you get over being sick faster. I had a really bad cold, and a friend recommended rubbing it on at night since I coughed all night. It made me cough all the crud up, and get it out of my system.  It also helps you to breathe better.

rubbing it on your nose burns my skin, and rubbing it on your feet.... huh?!? who does that?!?

Vicks works, must be the way he did the study is wrong.

I hardly consider this news.  Journalists will take the most benign product and villify it.  Next thing you know, Campbells Soup will be on the firing line.  Find something relevant to report on!

As so many have stated, my grandmother and my mom both used it and I too have followed in their steps.  Don't people know that there are always exceptions to the norm and some will certainly have different results?  But it surely shouldn't be thrown out because a few people can't tolerate it.  It is the best when you are all achy and feeling like crap to have that put on your chest and under your nose for a quick breathing fix!  Thanks Proctor and Gamble.

I also like Vicks VapoRub. My mom used to put it on my chest, neck, and back when I had a cold. I think it works. I like the idea of putting it on the soles of the feet. If anyone thinks Vicks VapoRub is too strong, use Mentholatum.

It really annoys me when these kind of studies come out in the media, studies that are not through and then leaves people such as me to explain to now paranoid and confused consumers why they should not keep using the vicks vapor rub. For one who answers calls to 1800 numbers, it's quite annoying to have to calm over paranoid people who base everything on a study done on ferretts. EVERYONE has a potential to have a reaction to something....and for a product like vicks, people have been using this product for generations! Do yourself a favor and be informed before making these decisions to stop using high quality products. It's safer than cold medicine.

Vicks should be a "first aid" staple inany house with kids!!

I put this crap on my chest once when I was a kid (on my mother's advice) and it felt like I was on fire.  Never used it again, never will.  Most "mom's remedies are BS, as far as I'm concerned.