Quick!! A cold is coming on...I need a remedy...

jartan77 · 01-14-2008, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MSURed

There's a reason we Zicam believers have a devotion rivaling that of religious fanatics.

I'm a Zicam believer who doesn't like the answers in this thread. I've had poor results with the Zicam tablets. I've had GREAT results with the Zicam nose swabs.

Same general idea, but applied to the area Where The Cold Is Forming And the Germs/Virus is Growing. Knocks it down, shortens the cold duration and lessens the symptoms. Recently had a cold brought into the house by sons home from college. I did Zicam swabs, the wife did not. I had it 3 days, mild, she had it 7, and was home from work 3 days.

AvgMSUJoe · 01-14-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jartan77

I'm a Zicam believer who doesn't like the answers in this thread. I've had poor results with the Zicam tablets. I've had GREAT results with the Zicam nose swabs.

Same general idea, but applied to the area Where The Cold Is Forming And the Germs/Virus is Growing. Knocks it down, shortens the cold duration and lessens the symptoms. Recently had a cold brought into the house by sons home from college. I did Zicam swabs, the wife did not. I had it 3 days, mild, she had it 7, and was home from work 3 days.

I took the little orange/white melty tab things and it didn't do ****.

Denzo 2000 · 01-14-2008, 03:27 PM

aph · 01-14-2008, 03:29 PM

drink a big can of pineapple juice concentrate....sold at meijers. like magic.

ArtOfficial · 01-14-2008, 03:35 PM

smoke a joint. hurry.

A.M. wood · 01-14-2008, 03:39 PM

vitamin c only helps prevent colds. once you get the cold it's too late for vitamin c.

i'm all about the zicam.

spartanfish · 01-14-2008, 04:41 PM

Cold-eeze cough drops.

SpartanGreen78 · 01-14-2008, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtOfficial

smoke a joint. hurry.

At work?

Plate of Shrimp · 01-14-2008, 04:47 PM

lots and lots of dairy. dairy is good for you. oh and sugar. dairy and sugar and caffeine and alcohol, then stay up all night.

MidtownSpartan · 01-14-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MSURed

There's a reason we Zicam believers have a devotion rivaling that of religious fanatics.

Is it because you can no longer smell a scam after taking zicam?

Paying Through the Nose - washingtonpost.com

Listen, none of this stuff has been proven to be safe, or effective. There really is nothing you can do to fight a cold. Even echinacea, which always looked sort of promising has been shown to be ineffective.

Note: Ineffectiveness of Echinacea for Prevention of Experimental Rhinovirus Colds

Just get some rest and drink lots of fluids. And don't take products that have not been FDA approved! It's unsafe and almost certainly useless

MidtownSpartan · 01-14-2008, 04:59 PM

Here's some information about Airborne for those of you who buy into this stuff.

Homeopathic remedies are complete junk. There is not a single molecule in them of anything that could help you in any way. You are not only wasting your money by purchasing these items, you are making a charlatan very wealthy. Well done!

MikeJohnson · 01-14-2008, 05:01 PM

Just make some soup and get plenty of vitamin C. I just had a major flu that lasted two weeks. It was horrible I lost 10 pounds and I am down to 150 lbs at 6 ft. I have not been this thin since my Sophomore year in Arcadia H.S

Mean Joe Green · 01-14-2008, 05:41 PM

"drink" warm salt water through your nose and let it come out of your mouth. seriously. i have been w/o a cold for years because of this.

DDRMSU · 01-14-2008, 05:51 PM

Two options...

1) Try to get some rest, take vitamin C, drink lots of liquids and wait a week.... or,
2) Go about business as normal and wait a week.

Either one is clinically proven to be equally effective ...

Alan Finger · 01-14-2008, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Mean Joe Green

"drink" warm salt water through your nose and let it come out of your mouth. seriously. i have been w/o a cold for years because of this.

nicho197 · 01-14-2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MSURed

There's a reason we Zicam believers have a devotion rivaling that of religious fanatics.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jartan77

I'm a Zicam believer who doesn't like the answers in this thread. I've had poor results with the Zicam tablets. I've had GREAT results with the Zicam nose swabs.

this is exactly what i use. just use it in my nose and it works wonders!

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Originally Posted by MidtownSpartan

Is it because you can no longer smell a scam after taking zicam?

Paying Through the Nose - washingtonpost.com

Listen, none of this stuff has been proven to be safe, or effective. There really is nothing you can do to fight a cold. Even echinacea, which always looked sort of promising has been shown to be ineffective.

Note: Ineffectiveness of Echinacea for Prevention of Experimental Rhinovirus Colds

Just get some rest and drink lots of fluids. And don't take products that have not been FDA approved! It's unsafe and almost certainly useless

you can try to deny the effectiveness of zicam all you want, but the fact is, for jartan and I, those swabs work....every...single...time! When I would get a cold, they would be BAD and linger around forever. Since using Zicam they lst a few days and i have very minor symptoms. this stuff does work, medical facts or not.

Archangel · 01-14-2008, 06:11 PM

Spyke · 01-14-2008, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Salted NutsNE1

Guinness.

Seriously, when I feel a cold coming on, I drink a couple of beers at home watching tv, fall asleep early (the cold beer tends to relax any sore throat, which in addition to the alcohol, makes sleeping easy) and then I wake up fine.

MidtownSpartan · 01-14-2008, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by nicho197

you can try to deny the effectiveness of zicam all you want, but the fact is, for jartan and I, those swabs work....every...single...time! When I would get a cold, they would be BAD and linger around forever.

Sorry, that's a logical fallacy. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. You are confusing association with causation. There are many reasons why your colds seemed worse before. For example it's possible that you only remember the really bad ones (why would you remember the mild ones?) and haven't contracted really bad one since you started taking zicam, but this does not mean that zicam prevented it. There is also the placebo effect.

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Since using Zicam they lst a few days and i have very minor symptoms. this stuff does work, medical facts or not.

I don't understand this at all. This is a medical issue, therefore if the "medical facts" say it does not work, then it does not work. Regardless of your anecdotal evidence, if it worked there would have been some significant improvement in the subjects of the multiple double-blind studies that have been done on it. There wasn't and it doesn't. I've read the studies and they were well designed and thorough.

Also, you did not address the possibility that it can actually do some harm. It may not have harmed you personally, but there is some evidence that it has harmed others. This has not yet been proven, but I would venture to say that there is as much (if not more) evidence that it can harm a persons sense of smell, as there is that it will cure there cold (that is both lines are anecdotal). You have to ask is it worth paying for something that has an equally slight chance of hurting me as it does helping me?

Not trying to be argumentative here, feel free to keep taking the stuff. Just pointing out that there is zero evidence for it working, and zero reason for it to work. Did you read the link on homeopathy? Just something to keep in mind when buying these types of products.

lars · 01-14-2008, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by AvgMSUJoe

I took the little orange/white melty tab things and it didn't do ****.

The thing with Zinc tablets is that you have to eat them like candy. Basically, you have to take one about every 4 hours or so. They make you mouth taste like crap but they will knock a cold down to about 3-4 days. Plus you have to take them the first day you notice the cold coming on for it to work well..otherwise its a waste..you will still have the cold for 5 or more days.

Green Hornet · 01-14-2008, 06:34 PM

[QUOTE=jartan77;4339017]I'm a Zicam believer who doesn't like the answers in this thread. I've had poor results with the Zicam tablets. I've had GREAT results with the Zicam nose swabs.

Another vote for the Zicam nose swabs, I've had great results as well.

Here's a link to what they look like: Zicam Cold Remedy Gel Swabs Details

Taco John · 01-14-2008, 06:36 PM

More cowbell

MidtownSpartan · 01-14-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by lars

The thing with Zinc tablets is that you have to eat them like candy. Basically, you have to take one about every 4 hours or so. They make you mouth taste like crap but they will knock a cold down to about 3-4 days. Plus you have to take them the first day you notice the cold coming on for it to work well..otherwise its a waste..you will still have the cold for 5 or more days.

I can tell you that I never take anything, and almost never get sick. Washing hands regularly is the only thing that will prevent a cold. When I do get them, they sometimes last 3-4 days, and sometimes 5 or more! Wait, that sounds exactly like what happens when you take zinc. Could it be that doing nothing has the same effect as taking zinc? Something to consider.

PRStoetzer · 01-14-2008, 06:41 PM

Take 100mg of Zinc and 3g of Vitamin C immediately. Then take 1g of Vitamin C per hour for the next couple of days. Take 50mg of Zinc and 3g of Vitamin C daily.

Taco John · 01-14-2008, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by PRStoetzer

Take 100mg of Zinc and 3g of Vitamin C immediately. Then take 1g of Vitamin C per hour for the next couple of days.

Won't that just make your piss the color of nuclear waste? 1 gram an hour? The recommended daily intake is 75mg. You're suggesting taking almost 350 times that. There's no way that's useful.