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Biotech / Medical : GUMM - Eliminate the Common Cold
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To: DanZ who wrote (4818)11/2/2003 2:41:12 PM
From: StockDung   of 5582
 
Steven D. Litvintchouk SAYS; "Zicam Gave Me Permanent Anosmia (Loss of Sense of Smell) "

From: Steven D. Litvintchouk (sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net)
Subject: Zicam Gave Me Permanent Anosmia (Loss of Sense of Smell)
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Newsgroups: alt.support.sinusitis, alt.support.asthma, sci.med
Date: 2003-08-10 17:55:21 PST

Around May 20, I posted to these NGs that I was considering trying Zicam
(zinc gluconate nasal gel spray) as a treatment for the common cold I
caught. Zicam is advertised as a "cure for the common cold" because
zinc ions are claimed to bind to common cold receptors in the mucosa.

Well, I did use the Zicam, and I will rue the day I did that for a long
time. It seems to have PERMANENTLY destroyed my sense of smell, almost
entirely. I can still taste food, but not as well as before. Flonase
nasal steroid spray hasn't helped (although I can still smell the
Flonase for some reason).

I searched the "anosmia" forum on Yahoo.com. And sure enough, a number
of other sufferers of anosmia claimed they too got that way after using
Zicam. None of them has regained their sense of smell, even after 6
months of steroids. There is even talk of a lawsuit against the
company. One of the participants cited some scientific studies from the
1940's in which researchers actually used zinc sulfate spray in the
nostrils of animals to INDUCE anosmia for experimental research purposes.

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Steven D. Litvintchouk
Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net

Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me.

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