Zicam/zinc effectiveness?

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houjenming@gmail.com - 06 Dec 2004 21:04 GMT

How much mileage do people get out of using things like Zicam nasal
gel, and other zinc-containing products? (inluding things like
losenges, but I'm really more interested in the nose spray/nose
gel/anything that goes INTO the sinuses)

I doubt they'd be very effective on acute sinusitis, but what about
chronic sinusitis?

Thanks

J

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Don Brady - 06 Dec 2004 21:42 GMT

>How much mileage do people get out of using things like Zicam nasal
>gel, and other zinc-containing products? (inluding things like
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>I doubt they'd be very effective on acute sinusitis, but what about
>chronic sinusitis?

It has cost several people their sense of smell so I would forget it
personally.

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Steven Litvintchouk - 07 Dec 2004 01:48 GMT

> How much mileage do people get out of using things like Zicam nasal
> gel, and other zinc-containing products? (inluding things like
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> I doubt they'd be very effective on acute sinusitis, but what about
> chronic sinusitis?

There is absolutely no evidence that zinc preparations do anything for
sinusitis.

And topical zinc preparations for the nose have been implicated in
causing long-term or even permanent anosmia (loss of sense of smell).

I tried Zicam for a simple common cold and I lost my sense of smell for
6 months.

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