Component
Adverse effects during zinc lozenge use
Adverse effects during zinc lozenge use; read each linked claim for the measured context and model.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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What acts on it
No adverse effects were reported by 37% of zinc recipients compared with 69% of placebo recipients. Taste was a prominent tolerability issue.
Experimental context and source evidence
- cross_nutrient
- Zinc exposure and the specifically measured response.
- evidence_location
- Indexed primary abstract; accessible manuscript Methods and Results also inspected.
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/zinc-clinical-sources/hemila2020.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; complete local file", "file_sha256": "581a713c4eeae243c2c96cb508cfe731318175d77c781476575775c09b6e9913", "utf8_bytes": 2004}
- experimental_model
- Double-blind randomized placebo-controlled Finnish trial: 253 packages allocated; 87 colds analyzed
- exposure
- Commercial acetate lozenges: 13 mg elemental zinc, six times daily, at most five days; nominal 78 mg/day.
- limitations
- This specific formulation dissolved in about eight minutes. Authors extended planned seven-day recovery analysis to ten days after finding no significant difference. Results do not identify why other formulations differ.
- nutrient_topic
- Zinc research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Zinc
- organism
- Homo sapiens
- plain_language
- The zinc lozenge caused more reported side effects.
- primary_references
- [zn-clin-hemila2020] Zinc acetate lozenges for the treatment of the common cold: a randomised controlled trial. (2020). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31980506/ DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031662
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Upper respiratory symptoms and tolerability
Zinc: transport, enzyme loading, deficiency and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 1573–1586
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Double-blind randomized placebo-controlled Finnish trial: 253 packages allocated; 87 colds analyzed · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### zn-clin-cold-tolerability No adverse effects were reported by 37% of zinc recipients compared with 69% of placebo recipients. Taste was a prominent tolerability issue. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Zinc research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: The zinc lozenge caused more reported side effects. organism: Homo sapiens tissue_or_cell_type: Upper respiratory symptoms and tolerability experimental_model: Double-blind randomized placebo-controlled Finnish trial: 253 packages allocated; 87 colds analyzed limitations: This specific formulation dissolved in about eight minutes. Authors extended planned seven-day recovery analysis to ten days after finding no significant difference. Results do not identify why other formulations differ. exposure: Commercial acetate lozenges: 13 mg elemental zinc, six times daily, at most five days; nominal 78 mg/day. cross_nutrient: Zinc exposure and the specifically measured response. evidence_location: Indexed primary abstract; accessible manuscript Methods and Results also inspected. evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/zinc-clinical-sources/hemila2020.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; complete local file", "file_sha256": "581a713c4eeae243c2c96cb508cfe731318175d77c781476575775c09b6e9913", "utf8_bytes": 2004} [zn-clin-hemila2020] Zinc acetate lozenges for the treatment of the common cold: a randomised controlled trial. (2020). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31980506/ DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031662
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