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Does zinc gluconate lozenge therapy reduce the severity or duration of cold symptoms in adult volunteers with experimentally induced rhinovirus colds?
Does zinc gluconate lozenge therapy reduce the severity or duration of cold symptoms in adult volunteers with experimentally induced rhinovirus colds?
Zinc gluconate lozenges are not therapeutically useful in the treatment of rhinovirus colds.
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Zinc lozenges ineffective for rhinovirus colds; confirms null effect on symptoms and shedding in two RCTs.
Farr et al. (1987) studied this question.
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