[Kartographer]

Glad I didn't use it enough to prevent me from smelling what Zero's been shoveling!

[classified]

OHHHHHH! Good comeback!

[SouthTexas]

Post of the day!

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Yeah, and the CyberCzar will declare that Carbonite is bad for your data. Then, the Sleep Czar will declare the sleep number bed bad for your back.

Let’s just hope they don’t go after Ruth’s Chris and put Hannity out of business.

[oh8eleven]

Scientists say that ingredient may damage nerves in the nose needed for smell.
I'm not a scientist, but I can verify it happened to me.

[Quix]

Some of us hyper smellers could do with some blunted smell.

LOL.

[Rebelbase]

Oh man, this whole time I thought my GF had been taking Beano.

[mgc1122]

Good to know if you work in Michael Moore’s vicinity ...

[counterpunch]

Poor Rush!
First his hearing, now his sense of smell.
As much as I love Rush, I gotta say, he needs to stay away from the medications.

[Perdogg]

use Vick’s vapor, it smells good. I used the Zicam and it caused me to sneeze unclogging my nose.

[kempster]

Isn’t Zicam a sponsor of Rush Limbaugh?

[WayneS]

Loss of sense of smell, eh?

You’re supposed to REMOVE the sprayer from your nostril after using it, aren’t you?

[Red Badger]

The zinc will get rid of the stink?..................

[ASOC]

LOL

OTC meds CAN kill you

Tylenol will kill the liver, all the rest follows
APCs can kill you via blood thinning or Reye’s Syndrome

Of course, prescription meds can kill you as well.

Nothing is safe, too much water (not drowning) can kill as well. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication)

What will the FDA clear as ‘totally safe’?

[Sans-Culotte]

That warning has been around for over a year. I have continued to use it. Haven't actually come down with a cold for a year and a half.

Of course, it is not really a spray. It's a gel that is supposed to coat the inside of the nostrils and not be inhaled. Maybe people are actually sucking it up their noses?

[newheart]

Great. It actually works as advertised. So that’s why the government wants it off the market. Honestly, I am not sure if it isn’t worth the tradeoff.

[trtdenver]

I need to get my wife on Zicam nasal spray asap. Her sense of smell is that of a drug dog. We usually have to go to no less than 5 hotel suites before she will agree on the one that smells the least...even at Bellagio, etc. Absolutely drives me nuts. This is great news as far as I am concerned.

[capt. norm]

For those who are clumsy and take too much up the nose, they make swabs that accomplish the same thing....unless some clod decides to snuff it up his nose

(same way they are misusing the spray.

Both are clearly marked with warnings.

By the way, they have always worked for me...zero colds in three years, even after a couple 'starter colds' that went away in about two days.

[Dr. Sivana]

At this rate, Rush Limbaugh will soon wind up doing his show with half of his senses tied behind his back.

[La Lydia]

This is a bummer. I have been using the stuff for YEARS and it works, heads off the colds before they get going. Also, their Extreme Congestion can open your sinuses in two minutes, and lasts for nearly a day. Are they going to take zinc supplements off the market, too?

[wideminded]

I have never used Zicam or anything similar but I have been losing my sense of smell anyway. I usually can’t smell even very strong perfume. Hopefully this isn’t a sign of something worse.