Zinc picolinate evidence, 2017
Hemilä H, JRSM Open, 2017 — meta-analysis of zinc acetate lozenge trials
- Grade
- Design
- meta analysis
- Year
- 2017
- Participants
- 199
- Ingredient
- Zinc picolinate
- Goal
- General coverage
Effect
High-dose zinc lozenges begun early shortened the duration of upper-respiratory symptoms by roughly a third in pooled trials.
Limitations and notes
Lozenge-specific and dose-specific; daily capsules are a different use pattern.