Common cold symptom reduction through zinc therapy suggested by Cleveland Clinic study.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
COMMON COLD SYMPTOM REDUCTION THROUGH ZINC LOZENGE THERAPY SUGGESTED by Cleveland Clinic Foundation researchers in a July 15 Annals of Internal Medicine article. Reporting the results of a randomized, placebo-controlled study of 100 subjects, Sherif Mossad, MD, et al. asserted that the duration of cold symptoms was "significantly shorter" for patients receiving zinc-containing lozenges than for those given placebo.