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Zicam, which offers a breakthrough in the treatment of the common cold, shows it can reduce the duration of a common cold from 10 to 14 days down to 1.5 days. In initial double-blind research, the cold remedy from Gel Tech Inc. of Woodland Hills, Calif., relieved and reduced the severity of cold symptoms. American suffer from more than a billion common colds each year.
Zicam, which offers a breakthrough in the treatment of the common cold, shows it can reduce the duration of a common cold from 10 to 14 days down to 1.5 days. In initial double-blind research, the cold remedy from Gel Tech Inc. of Woodland Hills, Calif., relieved and reduced the severity of cold symptoms. American suffer from more than a billion common colds each year.
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WASHINGTON — Consumers should stop using Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel and related products because they can permanently damage the sense of smell, federal health regulators said Tuesday. The FDA says about 130 consumers have reported a loss of smell after using Matrixx Initiatives’ Zicam products since 1999. Shares of the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company plunged to a 52-week low after the FDA announcement, losing more than half their value. The Associated Press

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