Zinc acetate does not affect Cold

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Zinc acetate decreases Common Cold
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2020

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Zinc acetate lozenges for the treatment of the common cold: a randomised controlled trial.
Hemilä H, et al.
«RESULTS: There was no difference in the recovery rate between zinc and placebo participants during the 10-day follow-up (rate ratio for zinc vs placebo=0.68, 95% CI 0.42 to 1.08; p=0.10). The recovery rate for the two groups was similar during the 5-day intervention, but for 2 days after the end of zinc/placebo use, the zinc participants recovered significantly slower compared with the placebo participants (p=0.003). In the zinc group, 37% did not report adverse effects, the corresponding proportion being 69% in the placebo group.

CONCLUSIONS: A commercially available zinc acetate lozenge was not effective in treating the common cold when instructed to be used for 5 days after the first symptoms. Taste has been a common problem in previous zinc lozenge trials, but a third of zinc participants did not complain of any adverse effects. More research is needed to evaluate the characteristics of zinc lozenges that may be clinically efficacious before zinc lozenges can be widely promoted for common cold treatment.»
Organism: Humans
#common cold, randomised trial, respiratory infections, zinc lozenges
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31980506
10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031662

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Zinc acetate does not affect Common Cold
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Zinc acetate contains Zinc
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