Press Announcements > FDA Advises Consumers Not To Use Certain Zicam Cold Remedies

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Hey Friends! This is from a lady in my subdivision.....she is really in a
mess and VERY upset! Please read this and take it seriously!!!!!! I don't
want this to happen to any of you.....one friend is enough!!!!! This is
true.....I know the gal this happened to. It is not a joke!!!!!!!
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:45 AM
URGENT - MUST READ
Subject: ZICAM COLD REMEDY (Dangerous!!!!!!!)
This is crazy.....It is true too! There is a link at the bottom of this to

the FDA website with the information.
I want my friends and loved ones to know what has happened to me in hopes
that it will never happen to you or anybody you care about. About 10 days
ago, I felt a cold coming on; so before I went to bed I used Zicam Cold
Remedy Nasal Gel. It's supposed to help you "get over your cold faster."
Immediately after I sprayed it into each nostril I felt the most horrific
burning sensation imaginable. It literally felt like I had sprayed pepper
spray directly into my brain. It burned all the way to the top of my skull.
My nasal passages swelled, my eyes watered - the burning lasted all night
long into the next day.
After about a day, I realized I couldn't taste anything and I thought,
"Wow - I must really have a bad cold." Then I noticed that I couldn't smell
coffee brewing, couldn't smell my perfume when I put it on, couldn't smell
the popcorn I burned, couldn't smell my favorite candle. I panicked and
starting smelling everything that I could find that had really strong
odors - ammonia, finger nail polish remover, bleach, etc. I couldn't smell
ANYTHING! I started tasting everything that had really strong tastes such as

HOT salsa, raw red onions, Doritos, coffee. I couldn't taste ANYTHING!
I told my mother about this and she said, "Oh, I've heard Zicam can affect

your Olfactory nerve." I went online, typed in "Zicam side
effects" and bam - up popped all sorts of web sites with people reporting
the same thing I experienced. It seems that this past June, Zicam pulled the

swabs for adults and children off the shelf but not the nasal gel.
I went to my ENT and he said the Zicam had basically "FRIED" my Olfactory
nerve and the results are most likely permanent . He put me on a strong dose

of a steroid called Prednisone in hopes of recovering ANY bit of the nerve
damage but he told me to "take this and pray." He said he had read about the

side effects of Zicam and couldn't believe it is still on the shelf. It
isn't FDA approved. I am taking the Prednisone and praying but nothing is
happening. I LITERALLY CANNOT SMELL OR TASTE ANYTHING! I can tell if foods
are hot or cold, I can tell the consistency and I can faintly detect if it
is salty but that is it.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE pass this on to everyone you care about. I don't
want this to happen to ANYONE else!!!!!!!!!! And if you have Zicam in your
medicine cabinet--THROW IT AWAY!
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