In 2006, Matrixx paid $12 million to settle 340 lawsuits from Zicam users who claimed that the product destroyed their sense of smell, a condition known as anosmia. Hundreds more such suits have since been filed.

Do not use a drug that is not FDA approved. Even drugs that go through the 10-year approval process can end up causing devastating side effects, much less the ones cooked up in some lab in the desert.

-janelane

F.D.A. Warns Against Use of Zicam - NYTimes.com