Zinc Lozenges and the Common Cold

In a study conducted in Austin, TX, general practitioner William W. Halcomb and researchers George A. Elby and Donald R. Davis found that taking two zinc lozenges instead of aspirin may alleviate the symptoms of the common cold.

The study, published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, was initiated when a leukemic child refused to swallow a 50mg. zinc gluconate tablet and dissolved it slowly in her mouth instead. Her cold symptoms disappeared within hours.

Sixty-five patients who had cold symptoms for three days or less were selected for the double-blind, placebo-controlled study. The researchers found the zinc-treated cold sufferers cut the duration of their sniffles by seven days. The dosage was two tablets, of either zinc or placebo, 23mg. each, every waking hour for one week. The 37 patients on zinc had their colds an average of 3.7 days, compared with 10.8 days for the patients on placebo. None of the 65 was permitted to use any other cold remedy.

“Most cold remedies, particularly over-the-counter ones, are symptom relieving, but the viral infection remains,” Dr. Halcomb said. He added that further study is needed.

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