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New pill helps Covid smell and taste loss fade quickly

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Re: New pill helps Covid smell and taste loss fade quickly

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"Mace your boyfriend's dad" wasn't the medical advice I was expecting to see here, but I guess I can't blame anyone for being willing to try it. Not being able to taste anything for years would be terrible. I'm not confident that it works, but either way I look forward to seeing the videos if this 'one weird trick' catches on.

As I said, the sprays I found are not that intense. Rootbeer burps hurt more.

Worst nose burn I've ever gotten was from burping 7-up

Re: New pill helps Covid smell and taste loss fade quickly

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He could also say the peanut butter sandwiches he eats in the morning cured his sense of smell. I mean they probably didn't, but there's as much evidence either way.

That is just ridiculous. There is a viable mechanism why zinc might have helped. You will not see the evidence if you do not look for it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7781367/ There have also been multiple reports linking the loss of taste or smell to zinc deficiency, either due to chemotherapy and metal chelating agents [38–40], or due to nutritional deficiencies, especially in older populations [41,…

Not much compelling data in that study

Re: New pill helps Covid smell and taste loss fade quickly

#153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He could also say the peanut butter sandwiches he eats in the morning cured his sense of smell. I mean they probably didn't, but there's as much evidence either way.

That is just ridiculous. There is a viable mechanism why zinc might have helped. You will not see the evidence if you do not look for it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7781367/ There have also been multiple reports linking the loss of taste or smell to zinc deficiency, either due to chemotherapy and metal chelating agents [38–40], or due to nutritional deficiencies, especially in older populations [41,…

Has anyone studied peanut butter? No?

Re: New pill helps Covid smell and taste loss fade quickly

#154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is just ridiculous. There is a viable mechanism why zinc might have helped. You will not see the evidence if you do not look for it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7781367/ There have also been multiple reports linking the loss of taste or smell to zinc deficiency, either due to chemotherapy and metal chelating agents [38–40], or due to nutritional deficiencies, especially in older populations [41,…

Has anyone studied peanut butter? No?

Yes.

NIST- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38016900

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