Dan,
I've been taking Zicam once a day as a preventative. Sadly today I'm sitting here with a miserable cold for whatever reason, that Zicam hasn't been able to touch. Then I read this from something you posted on Yahoo:
"I think the message is that you need to take action fairly quickly, within the first 48 hours of the beginning of a cold, because beyond that, the benefit will be minimal," says Mossad. "However, all previous evaluations [of zinc spray] showed effectiveness of treatment that was started in the first 24 hours of symptoms. With our study, the treatment could be started as late as the second day of illness."
Use of a zinc product does not help prevent colds, he adds, and long-term ingestion of excess amounts of this trace element can weaken immunity and may decrease levels of HDL "good" cholesterol.
So it appears that there is no way Zicam will ever be promoted as preventing a cold, since it can reduce immunity.
The more colds I get, obviously the less I have faith in Zicam. I had hoped it was the cureall, but unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case...at least for me.
Paul |
