Air Wick review: allergic reaction 59

I agree, your not alone I am also suffering from an allergy to Airwick Airfreshners (although my mother thinks this is absurd!)
The only thing that seems to help and i am not sure how or why are a couple of strong paracetamol. I have tried nasal sprays and antihistamines and nothing seems to work. Like you, i was ok untill the new apays came out. Now I spend as much time out of my home so i dont end up looking like I have been crying!

me too. I almost suffocated to death this morning. Maybe I should sue them for almost killing me.

I have experienced some different, but very serious adverse problems with the NEW AIR WICK(Reckitt Benckiser) air fresheners(all fragrances). I never had any problems with the OLD product or any other air fresheners by Glade. SC. Johnson Co. I'm curious if anyone has experienced ANY other problems(not just allergic/health) with the NEW AIR WICK air fresheners? Thank You.. Nick D

I have used the Air Wick spray for linen and air. I've used it for a couple weeks and I've broken out in rash where I've sat on sofa fm where I sprayed it. Got another Drs appointment tomorrowto see what can stop the awful itching on upper body . It's the only thing I've used that's different in up to 2 years. It's in the cupboard and will stay there.

I do not suffer from any lung condition but the new air fresheners set me off in uncontrollable coughing fits. I eventually received a refund from R.B. after complaining for months. I am sure it must be bad for asthmatics. The old product did not cause problems.
Peter Brown

We have used Airwick sprays for years with no problems. But now with the new 100% natural Air Wick air fresheners, my wife has an allergic reaction. Not happy.
There is no listing of ingredients on the cannister - so how can we check for things we know we are allergic to?

even i am feeling the same...with lot of sneezes n cold...Need action against this product...

My wife just sprayed an Air Wick 4 in 1 in the bathroom and I immediately felt like my lungs were going to stop working. Coughing and chest pain that didn't go away until I went out in fresh air. Who did they test this junk on? Throwing it in the garbage & told the wife never to buy an Air Wick product again!

At first i thought it was a cold and treated it but took forever to heal. At some point i decided to turn it off. I got well. Two weeks later i started using it again and got sick again. Got treated and got suspicious, yesterday on wednesday i turned it on again and now am sick with flu like symptoms and am now convinced it the damned thing! Am done with it.

My oldest child came out with a rash within 12 hours of turning the spray on. He was itchy almost as soon as it turned on. Unfortunately, because it was first turned on for Christmas Eve, it meant for a very itchy and miserable Christmas... and it took a few days to narrow down what the cause of the problem was. Those few days were filled with copious amounts of antihistamines (which never fully cleared up the issue) and itchiness. The doctor couldn't narrow down the problem other than to say he had an allergic reaction to something and he was developing hives because of it. He is now on prednisolone and antihistamine cream in the hopes that it will clear up now that we've narrowed down the cause of the problem and have taken the offending thing away. He has never shown any signs of allergies to anything before, so this came as a surprise. I'm just considering myself lucky that my asthmatic child (who has a tendency toward health problems), and my youngest child didn't also have the same problem. Although, if they had, I could probably have narrowed down the problem earlier.

No matter the fragrance, I always have an asthmatic reaction to the Air Wick 4 in 1 air freshener that uses 100% natural propellant. I get really wheezy and cough a lot. It's awful!

This is horrible! I have never had a reaction to any air freshener until Air WIck 4 in 1 and I see that I'm not alone! Definitely not using/buying it again! All air fresheners are probably toxic :/

I also noticed a reaction to the new airwick freshners. I used to use one years ago, no problem. Recently I just bought another one and within a day, I noticed I was suffering from a severe case of vertigo and nausea. I couldn't even keep fluids in my system and almost went to the hospital, but after taking some dramamine, I was able to keep fluids down. There is some chemical in these that was causing these issues.

I took my son to the hospital today this is the third week that he is being suffering. From a dry cough, dizziness, weakness and shortness, of breath the doctors can't explain what's. Wrong with him. At school they started, Using air wick in the classrooms, I wonder if is associated. With his symptoms .

Its true that's AIRWICk is wicken your immune system smell like something for bug's spray chemical goes to your lungs. I've tried again I'm sure that was I have a cough flues and almost death and also they can pass to pass once the body reacted to someone have illness from that ### things.
Last two years 2012 I have sickness I don't understand and I don't where it came from also my friend I suggest to use it he's the one have a sick all over the room was spray and his lung's was start to hard to breath. That's all folk and the next had that same problem.

Had an Airwick car vent freshener in 2 different vehicles. In the first vehicle with no forced air I got moderately ill (nausea and vertigo). The other in my personal vehicle ran with forced air, I had a severe reaction. It almost felt like a heart-attack or aneurism, my vision narrowed, I broke out in a cold sweat, had heavy nausea, lost feeling in both arms, my left hand cramped painfully, and experienced the worst vertigo of my entire life. After deducing that it may be the air fresheners, I removed the one from my personal vehicle, just the limited exposure while removing it caused a mild-onset of the symptoms. I think the fresheners may have way too much formaldehyde.

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I am the same way! I am so glad that I found this thread. About a year or so ago, I bought a can of Airwick 4 In 1 spray, and I immediately started coughing and wheezing after I sprayed it. I had never been affected by any other brand of air freshener before. For days I had symptoms of a chest cold, but I didn't really put the two together at that time. I later noticed that I had the same thing happen when I used Bath and Body Works condensed room spray in Twisted Peppermint. I had used Bath and Body Works room sprays for years with no side effects, but maybe they have changed their formula and are using the same ingredient that is in the Airwick. Two days ago, I made the mistake of forgetting about how I had previously been affected, and I sprayed one tiny mist of the freshener. My lungs were immediately affected again. The following night I could not stop coughing. Today I feel as if I have a chest cold. But when I found this thread, I realized that it is not a virus that I have, but a reaction to the spray. Something in that spray is very toxic.

We have had 2 Air Wicks plugged in for a couple weeks now. A week ago I noticed that I was losing my appetite. A few days later, I had ZERO appetite. The next few days were followed by constant nausea. Every moment I felt sick to my stomach. So I stayed home from work for 3 days, and each day I felt worse and worse. Doctor had no idea what was wrong with me. I had no fever, no pain.. However, I've been itchy and snoring louder than I usually do. The doctor was kinda stumped. It finally clicked on this third day home, going crazy from the nausea and sheer boredom, that the air wicks were most likely making me ill. I unplugged both air fresheners, sealed them in a ziploc bag, opened all the windows and doors and turned the fan on high. Sure enough, there are a lot of articles on the internet confirming what I had suspected. I already feel better and ate a piece of toast with no problem. I can only imagine how these affected my poor dogs. I even noticed one of them not wanting to eat her meals.

Yes -- my tongue gets numb and I get an immediate headache as soon as I am in contact with the Airwick air fresheners.

Yes. Whatever is in this product should be pulled. I picked up the 4 in 1 linen scent 100% natural airwick freshener randomly because it was on sale. (wonder why). I sprayed my entire room with it. I basically fumigated my room with the stuff. I then woke up extremely sick. I had a terrible cough and sore throat. I thought wow I am sick again. I then slept in for a good 2 days in the same room taking benadryl and other otc medications for a cold. I even went and bought emergen-c for a cold. This point I was having coughing fits that were dry and tickly. I would cough up a little bit of mucus but never much. I sprayed my room again after someone complained it smelt strange. I then went to sleep and woke up in hives. I had them on my exposed areas basically. Hands, arms, knees, legs, and some torso. I was now thinking I had some serious illness due to being sick for a long period and then now hives?!? I took more benadryl and slept in the same room. Still coughing and weezing. I didn't spray the stuff anymore. I woke up today and had no hives because I slept on my couch. I deduced my symptoms down to being from the spray and it was finally proven by the pattern of my rash when I'd sit on my computer chair. My chair had been sprayed pretty good and wherever my body touched the chair was covered in hives. I have no aired my room out, cleaned the chair, and washed every thing that has been in contact with this poison. I just found out today that it was the air wicks and besides some residual coughing it seems to be subsiding now that I'm not using it or sitting in the byproduct it leaves behind. I hope this really gets pulled because I haven't reacted like that from any product ever and the identical symptoms presented on here are so spot on it can't be anything besides this product. I don't think I'll ever use any air product again I don't trust them at all. I was in a nightmare for 2 weeks.

hi my name is lora.
i purchased 4 scented oil sept 10th and it had to be changed sept 20th this is false advertisement. it dont and cant last for 45 days as was stated on the package. i will have to put this up on facebook so consumers will be aware, and test for themselves.
however, i realized that the day i started using this plug ins that my daughter, suddenly came down sneezing non stop, so the first thing i thought shes getting a cold, apparently its now 3 wks and she still has it. the smell is still in the house. however i will never buy your product again. and i want my money back as it was and is very expensive for those plug ins. money should be refunded to all those people that this product has affected and we should all sue this company for destroying our health.
lets start a petition to destroyed all these toxic products within our homes.

My wife, son and I started having an itchy head since my wife bough a Reckit Benckiser Air Wick reed diffuser. At first I thought it was a shampoo we tried, but after a week changing shampoo and my son kept scratching his head, so has my wife and myself I came to the conclusion that it could be the diffuser! I checked the contains online and this seems to have an allergic reaction in the skin and seems to be quite dangerous! I think contacting health and safety regulators or Air Wick before this keeps damaging more people!
My wife has scars in her head from scratching too much!

My Mother (who has asthma) sprayed Airwick 4 in 1 Fresh Waters scent in the kitchen. I had my very first asthma attack. She lent me her nebulizer.
I forbid her to use any and all aerosol air fresheners.

Stayed at an airbnb house and both of us woke up in the middle of the night nauseated and dizzy. There was an airwick plugged in a few feet from the bed. We had to open all the windows to clear out the house and breathe clean air and gradually started to feel better. I would never have bought this product but now I know to check rented places for them and remove them before they make me sick.

horrible product! plug in leaked onto sinktop and MELTED my hairbrush! MELTED MY HAIRBRUSH! into a sticky goo that when pulled created gummy stands of melted plastic. Nauseated my dogs and sent us to a motel for 2 nights until house was breathable again. anything that MELTS industrial plastic i sure as hell don't want to breath. Considering legal action.

My 7 year old son was coughing like crazy at home and a itchy rash on his entire body including his scalp! After many dr visits not knowing what was wrong with him I figured out since he only had the symptoms at home that it was our new air wick plug in air freshener! My son was having a server allergic reaction to the plug in! These things are so dangerous! Shame on you air wick!

I sprayed air wick air freshener had a house full of kids, they all started coughing. I also started coughing and lost my voice for three days with sore throat. Thought I was crazy because I blamed it on the air freshener now I know I'm not. Thanks

I recently bought a Glade air wick...lungs started burning, ear aches, and coughing and sneezing. Husband also same symptoms. I decided to check this out and read that phalates are mostly in these types of scent producers. Very toxic. No more of these in our home.

I too have a host of respiratory issues when the "new" brand of airwick is sprayed.my lungs feel heavy, my nose runs, and I have a coughing spell for hours

I've just endured four miserable days thanks to AirWick. My wife bought a plug-in with the weekly shop and that evening I started experiencing early hayfever symptoms of itching eyes, wheezing and sneezing. Despite spending £10 on two types of antihistamines and eye drops I couldn't get any relief. It was only after realising the symptoms went away when I left the house that I realised the connection. I then saw the connection with my wife's sneezing and daughter coughing in the last few days. Unplugged it, ventilated the house and I feel human again. It's gone in the bin. Only sad to see this has been going on for years, how can they still sell this product with no warnings.

Looking at the dates not sure if people are still having problems, but I just put in a new air wick 2 days ago and I had two well deserved days off and I felt like crap for the past 2 days. Didn't know why till I started putting 2 and 2 together, the last time I felt like this was last summer when I know I had the same air wick. Chest congestion, sinus pain, throat pain and just felt like crap. It wasn't till I thought about it, thought of the connection and came here. Think I know the answer :(

I ‘ve changed the air wick refills today and the fragrances were so strong i have headache, feeling nausea, stomach pain and short of breaths. Not good for any asthmatics.

I want to know if their are any carsogenics any undisclosed contents apparently they only need to supply up to 90% of the content I hate them with a passion it should not be breathable