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.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Get cashback on your cold. Holland & Barrett, Boots, Chemist Direct and Lloyds Pharmacy offer discounts and cashback on top through topcashback.co.uk.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.

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