Zicam?

[shebajr]

Some of you suggested Zicam to me recently...how good/effective is it? I looked at it today, but it was about $8, so I didn't get it. Is it worth it? (Yes, I'm suffering thru another cold or sinus infection at the moment!)

Comments

[banana_mcjugs]

It's the bomb, actually. You know how often *I* get sick. This stuff will have me over it in a couple of days, rather than a week and a half and if I take it right when I start feeling a little stuffy, I don't really get sick at all. I'll take it to events with me when I'm staying in cabins, since they tend to have a lot of mold in the walls and I would ALWAYS come home sick. It keeps me from missing a lot of work. Oh, wait..... damn.

[fluffysings]

It totally works. I use it on Cierra at the first sign of a cough.

Another really good one is "Airborne" - CVS has a generic version thats cheaper.

[shebajr]

Yeah, I have the generic of Airbourne....not really convinced it does anything for me, but I take it anyway

[caroslime]

I had a really bad cold last winter that lasted well over a week. My mom told me about Zicam about a week in, and I was better within a few days. When my roomie started to catch it, she took Zicam right at the first tickle, and didn't get the full blown dose that I had. Her sniffles went away within a few days. Pretty sweet.

[shebajr]

Thanks for all the replies...I'll have to try it now that I know it seems to work!