Zarbee'sNaturals 96% Honey Cough Soothers + Mucus with Ivy Leaf Extract, Lemon Menthol Flavor,16.8 Oz,14 Count

The packaging is the worst part. The lozenges are in a plastic hexagon, and you're supposed to be able to pop them out of their sunken in, plastic circles, just like with many medicines. But, these lozenges get stuck! Trying to pop them out caused little shards of lozenge to snap off, and to jettison out. I had to quickly scrabble around trying to find these shards, so that my dog didn't get any. That was an unexpected and unfun little game...Also, these Zarbees lozenges didn't help me much. They tasted fine, but their effects were weak, and lasted for less than ten minutes or so. I'm going to offer some comparative analysis, because I tried many lozenges while sick. I had disliked a bag I got at the store, and then bought 3 different types on Amazon (all from Amazon, not a 3rd party seller.) In order, from best to worst, here are my results:1. Ricola - Dual Action, Swiss Cherry = These worked the best, because they're both a cough suppressant and an oral anesthetic. However, the "extra relief in the center" tasted HORRIBLE to me. I could barely stand the taste, which was why I looked for other drops. Instructions say to use 1 drop every 2 hours, and it has 8.3mg menthol. The dosage instructions are for "adults and children 6 years and older," says to keep out of reach of kids, and to not use in kids under 6 unless directed to by a doctor.2. Ricola - Original = These worked okay-ish. They soothed my throat a little bit, helped my cough a bit, but you're supposed to do 2 in a row, and then not have more for 2 hours. The lozenges' effects lasted for noticeably less than 2 hours. Active ingredient is menthol 4.8mg, in each drop. So, a full dose is 9.6mg for two drops.Instructions say they're for "adults and children 6 years and older," to keep out of reach of children, and to consult a doctor for kids under 6.3. Quantum Health - Meyer Lemon & Honey Flavor = Comparable to the original Ricola in taste, but the directions say to only use 1 lozenge at a time, not 2 like with Ricola. The active ingredient is menthol, 5mg. This means that Quantum's slightly stronger per lozenge but, since you're only supposed to take 1 lozenge as a dose, you'd be getting about half the strength of a Ricola dose. Thus, the overall effects are also not as strong, because a person's getting half the medicine.Instructions say to keep out of reach of children, dosage instructions are for "Adults and children 5 years and over," and a doctor should be consulted if a person wants to give them to a kid under 5.4. Zarbees - 96% Honey CoughSoothers+Mucus = Tastes fine like #2 and #3, but the effects are weak and short-lived. The packaging is also terrible. In comparison, the Ricola and Quantum drops were individually wrapped and thus easier to dispense. And while Zarbee's packaging's back info does note that English Ivy Leaf Extract is used (it's supposed to help with coughing), they do NOT note how much menthol is in each of the lozenges. They do have menthol listed but, for whatever reason, it's not listed as an "active ingredient." Instead, "menthol" is listed vaguely underneath the chart, as one of two "natural flavors." It simply says: "OTHER INGREDIENTS: HONEY, NATURAL FLAVORS (LEMON, MENTHOL)". So, I can't say how much menthol is in it comparatively. But, given its weak effects, I imagine that there's not much menthol in it. This is weird to me, because I imagine that this makes it less effective compared to drops with stronger doses of menthol, AND inappropriate for those who dislike menthol and are looking for alternatives.Additionally, while it doesn't have warnings for younger children -- as the other lozenges do -- it DOES only have instructions for "Adults and children 5 years of age and over." So, presumably, it's also not intended for the very little.

The flavor is good and mild. It comes in 2 trays of 7 tablets, I finished 1 tray, stored the other in the pantry for 1 month-ish at room temperature. The drops in the tray are now stuck, some break and come out clean which seems that the honey causes the stickiness. Maybe if leaving in the fridge would help, but then you are stuck to using the fridge and not being able to carry around. Overall it helped soothe the coughs, but storage is terrible.

For post-nasal drip 🤢 these do help!My yucky stuff is chronic, caused by environmental "irritants" according to my doctor. Anyone with this problem knows that sugary foods & beverages, and many other things, make it worse, leading to *more* throat-clearing. I've never before found a cough drop that really helps, and most just worsen it.FYI ---* The flavor is mild. NOT a strong menthol flavor.* I've not used them consistently enough to know if the ingredients (incl. Ivy leaf extract) help for extended time after the lozenges are ingested. (Say, after a few lozenges within a few hours.)* Bought from various sellers, and often the drops appear to have melted and been reformed in the container. This can make them very difficult to remove from the plastic and foil. I'm not sure if the quality is lessened by this. --- I plan on doing seller reviews. Am giving the latest seller a chance to remedy the "next-to-impossible-to-use" ones. --- This package was fine.* I've now spotted a syrup version of this, with more of the Ivy Leaf Extract in each "dose." I'll be trying it soon, and plan on reviewing it.

I have been dealing with severe issues of post nasal drip due to deviated septum and broken nose and childhood a horrible onset of seasonal allergies and asthma since moving to the Ohio River valley, with some of the worst air quality and highest allergy counts in the country.The primary way that this would manifest for me is that I wind up with a constant drainage down the back of my throat and then inability to swallow what is normally thick and phlegm.It's kind of so bad I've actually been referred to an ENT specialist because of my difficulties swelling and inability to swallow, to the point where by the end of my day working in a call center all day, the neck muscles and my throat muscles are so tightened up and locked up that I can't physically swallow until I apply a heating pad to my neck. And I am extremely hydrated I drink 1-2 64 oz bottles of water daily.Every type of cough drop that I have tried or something like this for mucus relief has had an overly menthol, meant for sore throat pain relief, and never adjust the symptom of sick mucus and coagulation in my throat preventing me from swallowing. I now have one of these in the morning when I get to work it lost like 30 minutes, and I have no issues until after I eat my lunch and I have one of them after lunch and have had a complete reversal of symptoms and quality of life improvement.They taste delicious, and despite being a bit pricey by only going through two of them a day, it's well worth it. I can't believe what a difference it's made. I have tried everything.

second start feeling sick i put one in my mouth and any soreness in throat clears up pretty quickly- plus its healthier than ludens etc

They melted and stuck to the packaging, so they were impossible to remove. They tasted good, like honey, but didn't really do anything for my sore throat. Too expensive for too little.

Shows 16.8 Oz which would be a multi pack. Only a single 1.2 Oz pack came.

Good honey flavor, and soothing. Not overly impressed on how quickly they work, but they're ok. They're very sweet though, ended up with a toothache to counter the cough, and you only get ~ a dozen cough drops. Also, came melted into the packaging so I have to pry each one out with effort, but I'll blame the Georgia heat. Still usable.