Boiron – Oscillococcinum 6+6 Bonus Pack, 12 doses
Last Updated on Monday, 16 November 2009 03:42 Written by admin Monday, 16 November 2009 03:42
- Serving Size – 1
Product Description
Nature’s #1 Flu Medicine™ Take Oscillo at the First Sign of Flu! *Please read package for full directions and warnings. ~Non-drowsy, no drug interactions ~65 years of use by millions of people in 43 countries ~#1 homeopathic remedy in the U.S. ~Easy to take: One dose at the onset, 2 more doses at 6 hour intervals*… More >>
Boiron – Oscillococcinum 6+6 Bonus Pack, 12 doses
the order was cancelled due to being out of stock, but they did let me know right away
Rating: 5 / 5
Take any positive reviews of this product with a huge grain of salt!
It’s amazing that people are suckered into buying this product. The active ingredients listed on the package are “Anas Barbariae Hepatis Et Cordis Extractum 200 CK HPUS” For most folks unfamiliar with Latin, that sounds like it’s gotta be some miracle drug, right? Here’s the true story.
Since 1925, Oscillococcinum has been prepared as follows. Into a one litre bottle, a mixture of pancreatic juice and glucose is poured. Next a Barbary duck (that’s the “Anas Barbariae”) is decapitated and 35 grams of its liver and 15 grams of its heart are put into the bottle (that’s the “Hepatis Et Cordis”). After 40 days in the sterile bottle, liver and heart disintegrate into a kind of goo, which is then diluted with water into the entire world production of Oscillococcinum for the year.
There’s no logical reason to believe that anything in duck liver or heart will be an effective flu remedy. But even if there were some magic substance, the manufacturing process guarantees that it will not be in the finished product. The laws of chemistry indicate that after the 12th dilution, it is unlikely that a single molecule from the original organs will remain. Moreover, at the dilutions that Boiron indicates on their packaging (that’s the “200 CK HPUS” part) the concentration of the original substance would be 1 part in 100^200, which is a 1 followed by 400 zeroes. A 1 followed by 100 zeroes is called a googol. The estimated number of particles in the universe that we can see is a googol, give or take a few zeroes. So in order for one of the original duck molecules to be present in a container of Oscillococcinum, the mass of that container would have to be about a googol googol googol times our world, which would be incomprehensibly larger than the visible universe.
A little research is all it takes to discover that there isn’t a SINGLE reputable scientific study demonstrating the efficacy of this product. And even assuming that the “active ingredients” (duck heart and liver) have any effect on the flu, remember that by spending your $16 on a container of goose liver pate and crackers, you’ll be a dose of duck organs that’s billions of times stronger than what goes into this so-called “drug”. All things considered, your money is better invested in a flu shot BEFORE flu season starts.
Rating: 1 / 5
Oscillococcinum is a homeopathic “remedy” made from duck liver. I’m not kidding. DUCK LIVER.
Because homeopathic remedies were grandfathered into the 1938 law that created the regulation of medicines, the FDA has no choice but to allow this quackery to be sold as if it were real medicine. It’s snake oil. Save your money.
Rating: 1 / 5
This “medicine” contains nothing but sugar. It is so called placebo or blank tablet containing no medicine of any kind. No wonder they are asking you to take this stuff at the very first symptoms of flu. It is a 50% shot for Boiron. 50% of people will mistake symptoms for flu or just naturally overcome their symptoms, but taking this useless pill in a process will convince them that Oscillo worked…The rest of people who will get flu anyway might think they did not take enough or took it too late or simply never buy Oscillo again. So what? 50% of people got tricked=money in Borion’s pockets. This scam is ridiculous and FDA or Justice Department do nothing to stop these charlatans from selling this junk in US.
Please note that Oscilo has nothing to do with herbal remedies or real Homeopathic medicine. Homeo-similar, pathic-pathology= treating symptoms of disease with symptom inducing agents. Homeopathy actually works in most cases. But Oscillo is just shameless scam and has nothing to do with Homeopathy.
Rating: 1 / 5
As soon as I felt that I was about to catch something I bought this product. I still caught a cold and after 2 days of cold the only benefit I have from taking this product is a slight better feeling right after I take the product.
In my case it didn’t do much, but this does not mean anything, maybe by the time I took the product it was already too late.
For sure, in terms of price it is a HUGE rip off, my local store charged about $ 24 and on amazon it costs $ 13. Now, do you think that the person selling the product for $ 13 is not going to make a profit ? Do not kid yourself, of course they make a profit and that’s ok. What really bugs me is the huge rip off that goes on at the store where they make more than 100% profit !
That should tell you a thing or two about the company.
In conclusion: not sure if it really works, but I am sure it is a rip off for your wallet
Rating: 2 / 5