Zinc Lozenges Help You Get Over Colds Faster
Zinc Acetate Lozenges May Improve the Recovery Rate of Common Cold Patients: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
Zinc lozenges triple recovery rate, not just shorten duration slightly.
Previous research focused on duration reduction; this shows a dramatic acceleration in healing.
Practical Takeaways
Take zinc acetate lozenges providing 80-92 mg/day elemental zinc within 24 hours of cold symptoms starting.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
Zinc lozenges triple recovery rate, not just shorten duration slightly.
Previous research focused on duration reduction; this shows a dramatic acceleration in healing.
Practical Takeaways
Take zinc acetate lozenges providing 80-92 mg/day elemental zinc within 24 hours of cold symptoms starting.
Publication
Journal
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Year
2017
Authors
H. Hemilä, J. Fitzgerald, Edward J. Petrus, A. Prasad
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Claims (7)
Taking zinc acetate lozenges for colds, at doses up to about 90 mg per day, didn't cause any major side effects in studies with nearly 200 people.
Taking zinc acetate lozenges soon after cold symptoms start can help otherwise healthy adults recover from a cold about three times faster than if they didn't take them.
Zinc acetate lozenges work just as well for treating colds in people of different ages, genders, races, allergies, smoking habits, or how bad their cold is when they start.
Taking zinc acetate lozenges when you have a cold can help you get better faster, cutting down how long you're sick by about 2 to 3 days.
Taking zinc lozenges helped more people get better from colds faster. For every 2 to 3 people who take them, one extra person recovers by day 5 compared to those not taking them.