Don’t blow your cash this flu season so check out our top seven tips to save on medicine — plus find out how to win £5,000 with Sun Savers
HAVE you caught a chill watching the fireworks display this weekend?
If so, you are certainly not alone. With the weather changing and nights drawing in, sickness season is back, with colds and flu cases on the rise.
But before you fork out a fortune on remedies, check out the Sun Savers top tips, below, on how to get your medication for less.
- Look at the ingredients on the back of branded products and compare to non-branded items. Often, the only difference is a hefty price tag on the big-name brands. You could buy Benylin Chesty Coughs Original for £9.19 or snap up Boots Dry Cough & Congestion Relief Oral Solution for £3.79.
- Go natural to save. Buying a single lemon and some honey could get rid of a sore throat or cough and costs less than £1.
- Do not rely only on your local pharmacy. Discount stores such as Home Bargains, Lidl, Aldi and Poundland often have cut-price offers on cold and flu medicine.
- Get cashback on your cold. Holland & Barrett, Boots, Chemist Direct and Lloyds Pharmacy offer discounts and cashback on top through topcashback.co.uk.
- Ask your employer if they have a medical benefit you can sign up for. You might be able to get your money back for prescriptions.
- Check loyalty cards for points and see if you can find a valid voucher code before shopping. Most stores will let you spend them on over-the-counter medicines.
- Seen a good deal? Check the use-by dates of any medicine as you can bulk buy and store at home if it will last a long time.
Bargain remedies
Boots Pharmaceuticals Max Strength Echinacea Cold and Flu Relief: 30 tablets. Was £7.49 now buy three for two at Boots.
SAVE: £7.49 when you buy three
Morrison’s Chesty Cough 200ml, £1.58 at Morrisons.
SAVE: 24p against other similar non-branded cold treatments
Beechams Flu Plus Caplets 24. Was £4.29 now £3.65 at chemistdirect.co.uk.
SAVE: 64p
Win £5,000 cash
WITH winter just around the corner and the autumn chill forcing us to put the heating on, now is the time of year our household bills start to increase.
But The Sun is here to help as we’re giving you the chance to win £5,000 to put toward your bills for a year.
TEN lucky winners will get £5,000 cash each.
To enter, simply join Sun Savers today. Then collect ten Sun Savers codes before Tuesday, October 31.
Today’s code and how to join Sun Savers is on further down. Once you have your ten codes, you will be prompted to enter. Make sure you enter by Monday, November 13.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Collect TEN Sun Savers codes from the 18 printed in The Sun between today, Saturday, October 14, and Tuesday, October 31, 2017. Last chance to join in is Sunday, October 22. Competition closes at 23:59 on Monday, November 13. Over-18s, residents of the UK only. One entry per person.
Winners will be selected at random from all valid entries. There will be TEN winners of £5,000 only. Allow 28 days from entry closing for the draw to take place. Winners will be notified within seven days. No cash alternative to prize in whole or in part. Prize is non-transferable. Your information will only be used for the purposes of this competition. Promoter is News Group Newspapers Ltd.
Not open to staff of the Promoter and promotional partner or their families. The winners will be required to participate in reasonable publicity relating to this competition. The Editor’s decision is final.
Fancy a free fiver?
YOU can get FREE cash with super Sun Savers just for buying your favourite paper.
Our brilliant new rewards club will pay back our most loyal readers.
Just pick up the paper each day to collect your Sun Savers codes and we will GIVE YOU £5 when you have collected 28.
This isn’t a one-off and there is no limit to how much cash you can save.
For every 28 codes you enter, we will give you a fiver. So over the course of a year, that could add up to £65.
We are keeping it super-simple. You don’t have to enter codes from consecutive days, so don’t worry if you forget a day or two.
Download our easy Sun Savers app and quickly scan your code using your smartphone. Or go online and enter your code at .
What is Sun Savers? Here's everything you need to know about our new rewards club
To get you on your way, join today and we will put a bonus £1 in your Sun Savers wallet tomorrow. And the good news doesn’t stop with free cash.
With Sun Savers, we give you the best hacks, deals and tips to save money every single day.
TO JOIN: Don’t worry, folks — joining takes just 30 seconds, in three steps.
All we’ll ask of you is your name, your date of birth and an email address to get you on the way to your first crisp fiver.
You can choose to save or cash out straight to your bank account or instantly with Paypal.
Don’t delay — join Sun Savers now!
Jack Wills deal packs a punch
SAVE BIG: Bag a bargain with this Jack Wills backpack gift set. Was £50 now £25 at Boots. Offer ends on November 10.
SAVE: £25
SAVE SMALL: This deal will brighten your day. Comfort Blue Skies Fabric Conditioner 85 Wash 3L was £6 now £3 at Tesco. The offer ends on November 14.
SAVE: £3
Today's top reader tip
HELEN STARLING, from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, says: “If you are painting the house, wrap your brush in clingflim when you stop. It won’t dry out and will save you money on new brushes.”
Send tips to sunsavers@ the-sun.co.uk and you will get 28 codes worth £5 if yours is used. Include your name and town.
