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10 February 2006

Zicam --tried it for the first time a little while ago--it works, but why does it taste like some horrible metallic poison? it's disgusting! (also, am i going to lose my senses or something from it?)

post by: amberglow at: 21:54 | 20 comments

Isn't it mostly zinc, which is a horrible metallic poison?

posted by orthogonality 10 February | 22:07

the ingredients didn't say zinc, but if that's what zinc tastes like, leave me out--horrifically bad tasting stuff.

Also, what's up with the new-wave Olympics? no music older than 1986 allowed?

posted by amberglow 10 February | 22:16

Maybe it's not zinc. I dunno.

And I'm skipping the Olympics. It's all hype and ads.

posted by orthogonality 10 February | 22:18

you're missing horrible banter too, from Costas and Brian Williams.

posted by amberglow 10 February | 22:21

omfg--they're playing YMCA now!

posted by amberglow 10 February | 22:27

It's zinc. Some symptoms from overdose.

posted by AlexReynolds 10 February | 22:28

and god only knows why our national outfit includes a beret.

posted by amberglow 10 February | 22:31

Wait, wasn't AlexReynolds banned?

posted by orthogonality 10 February | 22:36

I tried it and it tasted fine. My husband was shocked-he had used it before and he thought it tasted noxious.

I'm just weird.

posted by bunnyfire 10 February | 22:42

i really was gagging--it worked really well tho--i'm semi-clear, sinuswise, for the first time in over a week.

Italy's silver parkas are very cool.

posted by amberglow 10 February | 22:47

is it safe to take? i've never had any medicine that had such a weird metal taste.

posted by amberglow 10 February | 22:49

now they're doing some lousy flag-waving dance thing, and birth of venus!

posted by amberglow 10 February | 22:52

I tried it and it tasted fine.

You are pregnant

or zinc defiicient.

Zinc taste test scores decreased with advancement of pregnancy (P < 0.05) and increased significantly following zinc administration (P < 0.05).

posted by orthogonality 10 February | 22:58

now a futurism ballet or something? : >

(so cheesy)

posted by amberglow 10 February | 22:59

now a ferrari thing! you should watch!

posted by amberglow 10 February | 22:59

i wonder if pica has something to do with zinc?

posted by amberglow 10 February | 23:11

Peter Gabriel singing Imagine now...badly.

posted by amberglow 10 February | 23:31

I watch on CBC which is still cheesy but less painful.

posted by matildaben 11 February | 00:56

Use the Zycam nose swabs. Gross, but no tatste. Works.

posted by rainbaby 11 February | 11:35

I had no idea what Zicam was... so I Googled and there's all this stuff about lawsuits against the makers because of people losing their sense of smell... Here's a zicam side effects site. Now that doesn't sound so good.

posted by taz 11 February | 11:56

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