Ever heard of someone drinking Zicam nasal spray?!
Question:
Ever heard of someone drinking Zicam nasal spray?
I heard a rumor that a young soldier at eglin
afb died of an overdose from drinking Zicam nasal spray? I think it is a bunch of crap. Does anyone know if this is true?
Answers:
if it was one of those zicam extremes that has oxymetazoline (same drug that's in afrin and a lot of eye drops) yeah it could probably kill you. the original zicams in the orange boxes are just zinc, im not sure if you can die from the amount of zinc in there or not. i wouldnt try it though.
heres some info on zinc overdose:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/...
"Expectations (prognosis)
The extent of illness and survival depend on the dosage and how much time passed before treatment. If symptoms are mild, full recovery is typical. If the poisoning is severe, death may occur up to a week after swallowing the poison."
so maybe it was. like i said though im not sure exactly how much is in zicam and if it is enough to be a fatal dose or not