[anniegetyourgun]

Only took 2 paragraphs to blame Bush.

I don't think this is a client of Rush's radio program anymore, but perhaps Obama didn't know that prior to taking this step. We'll be able to tell if he's gunning for Rush if the government bans Sleep Number beds and Carbonite!

[Bean Counter]

Evidence of a defacto “Limbaugh Factor”...???

[beaversmom]

Are they sure that the Zicam is causing the loss of smell? I had hayfever for quite a few years. Still had my smell—it may have been diminished somewhat. I’m not a big one for taking pills or other medicine so I’ve never tried Zicam. In 2002, I got a doozey of a cold in the early summer. It affected my smell. I couldn’t smell anything for the longest time (years after the cold ended). It has come back somewhat, but it is still diminished and slightly off. Things don’t smell like they used to. The only way I can describe it is that it’s like a radio not being quite tuned in to the station that you want. At times I will also smell phantom odors.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

An insidious "Fairness Doctrine"?

This started a few years ago. Here's some info from a site called Urban Legends.

It's an uncommon problem . . . "Uncommon" is an accurate characterization of the problem, of which there have been several hundred cases reported out of an estimated "tens of millions" of doses administered. Clearly, the vast majority of Zicam users have suffered no ill effects. As of 2004, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration acknowledged investigating some consumer complaints against Zicam . . . in the absence of published clinical trials specifically addressing the issue, there is no definitive answer to this question. Yet.

Links to the FDA showed no info on clinical trials (that I found) -- just a vague reference.

"FDA’s concerns about reported adverse events of anosmia are heightened by published scientific literature that provides evidence supporting the connection between intranasal zinc and anosmia."

Can Matrixx keep selling those "tens of millions of doses" (with a warning ) if they promise not to sponsor conservative talk radio? Just wondering.

A warning? Yes. One user who suffered reported: "Immediately I had an intense, horrible burning in my nasal/sinus passages. The skin on my face hurt to touch and I had pain and burning so that it hurt to move my head."

One may be one of the few hundred.. try a tiny bit first? Maybe.

[justiceseeker93]

I heard this story from another source. My first reaction was similar to yours. Since the product has seemingly been used safely for a number of years, there is a chance that this is a politically motivated action directed at Rush Limbaugh's show and one of his main sponsors, meant to discourage advertising on his show as reprisal for his criticism of the Anointed One. If so, it wouldn't be the first time that ‘Rat administrations have abused the powers of the federal government to punish “right-wing” dissidents.

[GeronL]

Rush did their ads and everything didn’t he?

[TigersEye]

I highly doubt that there is any connection between the anosmia and Zicam. Sounds bogus to me.

[mo]

Hmmm...I smell Fascism hard at work...it emanates from Washington...