Vicks VapoRub - Have any of you heard of Vicks Vapor Rub causing Pulmonary Fibrosis. I have this?

I have used it my entire life for coughs and colds and migraine headaches. unfortunately I put it inside my nostrils which you are not supposed to do I no longer use it but I have had Pulmonary fibrosis for three years now and on oxygen 24/7/365. and I'm only 42 yrs old

Here you go www.occupationalasthma.com/occupational_asthma_viewreference.aspx?id=4328
This could answer something for me too. My dad died of copd, and he put vicks in his nose when he was congested for most of his life, but never smoked.

It will be interesting to see if more people chime in with someone who had it and used vicks that way.

I dont think it hurts you to use it on your chest, it is the putting it in the nostrils and breathing in small droplets of it in your lungs that is dangerous. It says on the jar not to use it up inside the nostrils but people do it anyway.

Hi shelakay, This is interesting. My dad used Vicks for everything and died from COPD and lung cancer. Curious though, do you remember using the Vicks in a vaporizer at night to help you breathe when you had a cold? I wonder if that solution could have been a problem and we didn't know it. My mom used to buy a bottle of liquid Vicks made just for the vaporizer. I don't have any breathing problems, thank goodness, but my dad had the vaporizer going every night. Just saying...
Kathy