FDA: over-the-counter cold spray Zicam has caused loss of smell in more than 100 patients

‘WASHINGTON — Consumers should stop using Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel and related products because they can permanently damage the sense of smell, federal health regulators said.

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  • rickbakas Thanks, friends for the cold remedy suggestions. Lots of good ones, the most popular response was Vitamin C and Zicam
  • robotgoboom @abstrakat Sorry to hear that ... sending out all my love.
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  • eileenrose @joshlawrence you better get zicam or some other cold remedy!
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  • mikewebkist [Zicam] is a cold remedy which was sold as a homeopathic medicine, but its makers committed the unforgivable sin of actually having something in its formula besides well-shaken distilled water. [] The moral If youre going to sell homeopathic medicine - and boy, is it a lucrative business - make sure that you dont put anything in there except sterile water.
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