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The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned consumers to
stop using certain Zicam nasal cold remedy products, saying they
can cause users to lose their sense of smell permanently.
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FDA says Zicam nasal products harm sense of smell
The agency warns consumers to stop using the zinc-based cold
products immediately. The products are Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel,
Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs and Cold Remedy Swabs, Kids Size. Consumers
should immediately stop taking zinc-based intranasal Zicam cold
products and discard them or return them to stores because they
damage the sense of smell, the Food and Drug Administration said
Tuesday.
Zinc sprays dull sense of smell in some users
Homeopathic zinc nasal sprays don’t fight
colds, and they probably cause some people to lose their sense of
smell, the authors of a new analysis conclude.
“Increased Food and Drug Administration
oversight of homeopathic medications is needed to monitor the
safety of these popular remedies,†Drs. Terence M.
Davidson and Wendy Smith of the University of California, San
Diego, and the Veterans Affairs San Diego Health System write in
the July issue of the Archives of
Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery.
Homeopathic remedies contain tiny amounts of certain substances
mixed with inactive ingredients. While the FDA requires people
dispensing homeopathic drugs for “serious
disease conditionsâ�...
Zicam Warning Reveals Holes in Drug Regulation
The Zicam warning issued last week by the FDA reveals a
little-known third class of chemicals marketed for your
health—homeopathic drugs. These drugs do not
have to go through the long approval process; they receive
automatic approval from the FDA as long as the Homeopathic
Pharmacopoeia Convention of the United States adds them to their
list.
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