I was crushed by that announcement. I use Zicam all the time to fight off colds. As a matter of fact, I went to entire fall 2008/winter 2009 seasons without getting one cold - I attribute that to dilligent hand washing and using Zicam when I felt like I might be getting sick.. I have no idea if my sense of smell is affected at all. I participated in activities as a youth that would have done more damage to the nerve endings in my nose than Zicam ever could. (*wink* *wink*)
Besides, smell is the most overrated of the sense in my mind. ;) On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday > warned consumers to stop using certain Zicam nasal cold remedy > products, saying they can cause users to lose their sense of smell > permanently. > Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel and two other products are the subject of > a new FDA warning to consumers. > > Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel and two other products are the subject of > a new FDA warning to consumers. > > The agency says that since 1999, it has received more than 130 reports > of loss of smell associated with Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel; Zicam > Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs; and Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs, kids size. The > products have been linked to long-lasting or permanent loss of smell > called anosmia. In some cases, the loss of smell occurred after the > first dose." > > http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/16/zicam.fda.warning/index.html > > WTMF!??? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298564 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
