I've had people tell me to take it before flights, insisted that it would do me good. I listened, once. I mixed some lemon-flavored powder in a bottled of water. Very bad idea. Truthfully, it was GROSS. With a capital G-R-O-S-S.

Here's a link to an article about the settlement on Money.CNN.com

It sounds like that stuff would do about as much to prevent colds and protect you from germ invested places as a delicious concoction of green tea, Gatorade, and Flinstones vitamins. (I'd bet the resulting stomach sickness would be comparable though).

My one experience with Airborne was that it made me ill in the stomach, and, while I didn't get a cold, I'm not ready to attribute that to the half bottle of lemon powder water I drank. I have a serious problem with companies, especially those claiming that their product benefits your health, that lie to their customers. If people feel they've been wronged, I hoped they take advantage of the refund being offered.