The Mishna Berura says in simun Reish Lamed Seif Katan Zayin “If someone sneezes and his friend tells him Asusa, and he should answer back Baruch Tihyeh Leshuascha Kivisi Hashem.” Asusa is aramaic for Good Health, which is Gezundheit or Labriyut. The Mishna Berura goes on to say that In the original times nobody got sick before they died, they just sneezed and died. So when they sneezed people said Asusa until Yaakov Avinu came and davened to Hashem to take it away. It sounds like from this Mishna Berura that you could say it.
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