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For zinc nose sprays or drops to work well, they need to release a certain type of zinc that your body can use. If other ingredients in the product block this zinc, it won't work as well, and studies have shown that products with less of this type of zinc don't help people.
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Efficacy of Zinc Against Common Cold Viruses: An Overview
Narrative Review
2004 Sep-OctThe study shows that zinc works best when it can attach to your nose cells, which matches the idea that zinc needs to be in a form that lets it do this job properly.
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