Sentences with phrase «acetate lozenges»

Failure of effervescent zinc acetate lozenges to alter the course of upper respiratory tract infection in Australian adults

Neither zinc gluconate nor zinc acetate lozenges affected the duration or severity of cold symptoms in 281 subjects with natural (not experimentally induced) colds in another trial [68].

However, treatment with zinc acetate lozenges (providing 5 or 11.5 mg zinc) had no effect on either cold duration or severity.

Another randomized, double - blind placebo study found that those who took zinc acetate lozenges had a significantly shorter duration of a cold compared to those who took a placebo.

In a randomized, double - blind, placebo - controlled clinical trial, 50 subjects (within 24 hours of developing the common cold) took a zinc acetate lozenge (13.3 mg zinc) or placebo every 2 — 3 wakeful hours.

Not exact matches

For the common cold, doses range from 4.5 - 24 milligrams of zinc (gluconate or acetate) in the form of lozenges.