Please excuse this interuption, but since you and everyone else catches
common colds, I think you won't mind the following announcement.
Zinc lozenges as a treatment or cure for common colds have been
controversial for over 10 years, ever since I published in Antimicrobial
Agents and Chemotheraphy the original report in 1984.
The July 15 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine article entitled "Zinc
Gluconate Lozenges for Treating the Common Cold: A randomized, Double-Blind,
Placebo-Controlled Study" (pages 81-88) by physicians at the Cleveland
Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio, confirmed conclusively the value of
zinc 2+ ions from lozenges in reducing the duration of common colds and all
symptoms by about 50%. The zinc gluconate lozenges had an objectionable
taste and aftertaste attributed to the formation of zinc gluconate-hydroxide
species at pH 7.4. An editorial article by Ananda S. Prasad, MD, PhD, at
Wayne State University (the father of zinc and human biochemistry) recommended using
zinc acetate rather than zinc gluconate to avoid the taste problem.
My company has been producing zinc acetate lozenges [Fast Dry(TM) Lozenges]
for several years, and they are available to INTERNET users through our WEB site at
http://www.coldcure.com/ Click on the link entitled "Late Breaking News from the Annals
of Internal Medicine for a report on this new research, my comments about it and
solution chemistry calculations that lead to the determination of the zinc ion
availability value, the primary determinant of efficacy of zinc lozenges in the
treatment of common colds.
BE PREPARED FOR YOUR NEXT COLD, ORDER FAST DRY(TM) lOZENGES AND SAVE YOURSELF 5 TO 7
DAYS OF MISERY!
George Eby, Austin, Texas
http://www.coldcure.com/ 70+ pages of data
