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- From: robert@unlv.edu (Robert Cray)
- Subject: Re: Cold and Flu treatment- questions
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.232606.8960@unlv.edu>
- Sender: news@unlv.edu (News User)
- Organization: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- References: <29DEC199212044458@wccf.mit.edu> <BSIMON.92Dec29132545@elvis.stsci.edu>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 23:26:06 GMT
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- In article <BSIMON.92Dec29132545@elvis.stsci.edu> bsimon@elvis.stsci.edu (Bernie Simon) writes:
- >Zinc Gluconate lozenges - 20 mg. lozenge every two hours
-
- I've heard this on the net for years, and it seems to work for me. I had
- pretty much chalked it up to placebo, but then I found this, don't know
- how legit it is, I haven't read the actual paper...
-
- --robert
- UI - 93012457
- SO - J Int Med Res 1992 Jun;20(3):234-46
- TI - Zinc gluconate and the common cold: a controlled clinical study.
- AB - A report in 1984 on the success of zinc gluconate against common
- cold symptoms could not be confirmed in three subsequent studies,
- which are now known to have used formulations that inactivated
- zinc. A non-chelating formulation including glycine, which
- releases 93% of contained zinc into saliva, was tested in a
- randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial in 73 young
- adults. Efficacy was recorded in symptom diaries using a symptom
- severity rating. Patients' symptoms first appeared 1.34 days
- prior to entry to the study in both groups. Disappearance of
- symptoms occurred after an additional 4.9 days for zinc-treated
- patients versus 6.1 days for placebo-treated patients. A
- difference was noted in the efficacy of treatment if it was
- started 1 day after symptom onset: cold duration was an
- additional 4.3 days in zinc-treated patients compared with 9.2
- days for placebo-treated patients. Cough, nasal drainage and
- congestion were the symptoms most affected, and only mild
- side-effects were noted.
- AU - Godfrey JC
- AU - Conant Sloane B
- AU - Smith DS
- AU - Turco JH
- AU - Mercer N
- AU - Godfrey NJ
-