Sentences with phrase «prescribing zinc supplement»

The scientists concluded: «we believe that... prescribing zinc supplement treatments for patients with low serum zinc levels may help increasing the success rate of acne treatment».

They analysed the case notes of 70 patients prescribed zinc supplements at Glasgow hospitals between 2000 and 2010.

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The reason for prescribing zinc was not recorded in 29 cases, of the remainder, the supplement was prescribed to correct zinc deficiency in 21 cases (43 percent).

Another double - blind clinical trial published in the British Journal of Dermatology in 1977, discovered that zinc supplements were equally effective as oxytetracycline, an oral antibiotic sometimes prescribed for treating acne.

I was also diagnosed in 2009 with a significant imbalance between levels of zinc and copper but I didn't understand the implications of that, nor that I'd need to monitor it for life, so I took the supplements prescribed by a GP (general practitioner — the Australian equivalent of an MD) for only three months and gave up.

The main single mineral levels that I'm most interested in is my Magnesium, Zinc, Copper for the main reasons that I had been supplementing with Zinc (prescribed by my Kinesiologist) for 2 years up until November 2016 when my Kinesiologist said that I no longer needed it anymore so I'm keen to see what my results show.

For nutritional deficiencies of specific vitamins, such as vitamnin A or Zinc, supplements will be prescribed.