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From: "SOTAEnterprises <davidlynch@o...>" <davidlynch@o...>
Date: Mon Jan 27, 2003 10:51 pm
Subject: Zicam Took Away My Sense Of Taste And Smell
On December 21, 2002 I had gone to bed about 12:AM. After spending
the day working in my garden, I woke about 1:00AM with a little
stuffy noise. This was not uncommon for me after a day in the
garden, so I got up and went to my bathroom medicine cabinet to reach
for the bottle of NasalCrom which I had used before. Unfortunately I
did not turn on the lights and did not know that a bottle of Zicam
Spray gel was standing right next to the NasalCrom (they look almost
the identical).
My Husband had acquired the Zicam after a colleague at work
recommended it for a cold he had in early November. I had never used
Zicam and knew nothing about how to use it. I reached up in the
dark, thinking I was gabbing the NasalCrom, when I was actually
gabbing Zicam. I proceeded to pump two big squirts up each nostril
inhaling as far as I could in to my sinuses (as should be done with
NasalCrom). Instantly, I felt a burning in my sinuses that I had
never felt before. I turned on the light and looked at the bottle
and realized I had just ingested Zicam. Because the bottle looked
like a nasal spray; I figured it was OK and I would see if Zicam
worked as well NasalCrom. I assumed the burning was normal and would
subside.
I went back to bed, but the burning did not subside (as a man who
posted a similar message mentioned, it became the "9/11" of my
nose). Within 15 minutes, my sinuses had completely closed off,
allowing me to only breath through my mouth. The pain was
excruciating all over my head. The dripping down the back of my
throat made me nauseous, and my equilibrium was off. I realized
something was going terribly wrong.
I woke my husband and in tears told him I had taken Zicam and was
having some kind of bad reaction to it. He asked, "You didn't put
that stuff up your nose did you"? This is how I found out that it
was a cold remedy and should have only been applied to the inner tips
of my nose and I should have had a cold. (Why is it in a nasal spray
bottle?) By 4:00AM, I couldn't take it anymore and was about to go
to the emergency room when I put a cold glass of ice water against my
head (and sinuses) and all of sudden the pain got much better. We put
a cold compress on my sinuses and within an hour the pain had
subsided and my sinuses had reopened allowing me to breathe.
The next day I had lost all taste and smell, with an occasional taste
and smell that I can only describe as "metallic." By the third week
the metallic sensation had gone and I was starting to get a slight
bit of taste on the edges of my tongue and some smell if I got up
close to the subject. I called Zicam, and they told me it happens
all the time and the only active ingredients were salt and Zinc. They
assured me that in every case taste and smell retuned. When I asked
how long, the customer service representative said it was different
for every person. I asked why the packaging of Zicam was the way it
was and the rep. explained they did not know, that they have been
reporting the constant confusion to upper management. I wasn't
worried because it seemed I was slowly regaining both senses back,
but on January 23, 2003 the metallic taste and smell has come back.
After searching the Internet and USENET groups I found this forum and
have decided to post. For those of you who claim a cold virus maybe
the cause, I want to point out that I have had no cold (nor have I
had one). We live in isolation quarantine all winter long due my
infant daughter's medical problems. She cannot be exposed to cold,
flu or R.S.V. viruses, so there are no viruses here.
It has now been over a month things seem to be getting worse (not
better) can anyone direct me to a doctor or other resource (other
than those already posted)?
Sincerely,
Heather McDougle
hmcdougle@o... |
