Parkinson's Kilkof Menthol & Eucalyptus Lozenges

Like many people who will be reading this I have suffered with a cold and cough this winter. Temperatures dropping to an all time low meant I suffered quite badly for a couple of weeks with all the usual cold symptoms but the thing that annoyed me the most was an irritating, itchy cough, particulary at night and which kept me and my poor flatmate awake. When I spotted these Kilkof Lozenges for quite a large bag of them only costing 49p I decided they had to be worth a go as I had pretty much exhausted trying out so many other things! The Packaging: The bag the lozenges comes in is yellow and ... more

I expected these to be good but have been disappointed with them to be honest. I bought a bag (orange and plastic) from the garage when I filled up with petrol They cost me 59p for an 80g bag with about twenty two sweets / lozenges inside. I think it was probably the name that first caught my eye - KILKOF sounded a bit like they were going to totally murder my bad cough and maybe even possibly clear my airways and blocked nose into the bargain - they did neither! They were very much like the old humbug style sweets in appearance, that I used to buy years ago and they come in a plastic wrapper ... more

When I have a sore throat or a ticklish cough I like to use Kilkof lozenges. I bought a bag of these a while ago now but when I opened them the bag burst and I had to throw it away so now I just keep all the little individually wrapped cough sweets in a bowl inside my medicine cupboard. The trouble with this though is that I cannot see what the use by date was on the packet but I am eating them quit fast as I like the taste of them and I don’t just use them for medicinal purposes. The bag was a good sized 80g and they cost me only 89p which I think was fair. They look like lovely old fashioned ... more