ZiCAM Vodka and Feet
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009Call centers are the worse and today I felt a little crummy like I was coming down with something. So like the tree hugging preventive medicine mad man that I’m becoming, I reached for my handy dandy Zicam. For years I used this over the counter remedy only to hear that it might be killing my sense of smell? WTF! Years of pumping this stuff up my nose and NOW the FDA wants to tell me that it might be killing me? What the hell have they been doing all this time? Frustrated I came across Kristina Duda’s, article and here are a few of her points.
” * There have been two notable studies performed and published with regards to this issue of anosmia (loss of the sense of smell). The first was performed by Dr. Burton Slotnick and tested the effect of zinc sulfate, which is different from the zinc gluconate in Zicam, on the smell center in mice. That study found that there was a temporary loss of the sense of smell when mice were given high doses of zinc sulfate.
* The second study was also performed by Dr. Slotnick and a group of researchers but was supported in part by a grant from Matrixx, Inc., the PR firm for Zicam. This more recent study tested the effect of zinc gluconate, the active ingredient in Zicam, on mice. The results of that study showed that there was only a partial, temporary loss of the sense of smell in mice when given extremely large doses (much higher than the normal dose for humans). However, the damage was reversed within a couple of weeks.
* It is important to point out that both of these studies were performed on mice and we must be cautious when applying results of testing on animals to humans. Because there have been no large scale studies performed on humans, we cannot say conclusively that the product either causes or does not cause anosmia in humans. “
That’s it! Give me a great product then take it away once I’m is hooked! They did it with cigarettes and now it’s Zicam, one day it will be “Having sex is no good for your back” Please follow the link for more of the ZiCam article from Kristina Duda, I have to go and soak my feet in Vodka, thanks DJ.