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. The products listed in the FDA ...

Zicam Cold Remedy, which manufactured by Matrixx Initiatives, may cause users to permanently lose their sense of smell, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned manufacturer Matrixx ...

Consumers should stop using Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel and related products because they can permanently damage the sense of smell, U.S. federal health regulators said Tuesday.

Zicam® Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs, with UPC 732216301205, all lots: A zinc-free, homeopathic cold remedy swab designed to shorten the duration of the common cold. Zicam® Nasal AllClear Swabs, with UPC ...

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. announced the recall on Friday, June 6, for certain Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs, Zicam Nasal AllClear Swabs and Orajel Baby Teething Swabs. The affected products, which ...

Charles B. Hensley, 57, inventor of the zinc-based Zicam cold remedy, was arrested at his Redondo Beach, Calif., home and charged with a 12-count indictment for unlawfully importing a product ...

Zicam is a branded series of products marketed for cold and allergy relief whose original formulations included the element zinc. The Zicam name is derived from a portmanteau of the words "zinc ...

Matrixx: Zicam recall could cost $10 million, shrink company By Reuters June 18, 200910:09 AM PDTUpdated June 18, 2009 ...

But Zicam, which fell under the homeopathic drug label, wasn’t diluted to the point where it was indistinguishable from water. It contains biologically active levels of zinc.

Zicam seller Matrixx Initiatives, of Scottsdale, Ariz., which grew out of a chewing gum company, paid $12 million in 2006 to settle lawsuits with about 340 Zicam patients.

Zicam is only 2X, which is a 10-percent zinc gluconate solution diluted by another 10 percent, making it a 1-percent solution. This is quite real.