
You can relief symptons and reduce the duration of colds by sucking zinc lozenges. They are available over-the-counter in drugstores.
The discovery came from a study where cold sufferers were divided into two groups, one of which recieved zinc lozenges. This group reported that colds lasted an average of 4.4 days, compared with 7.6 days for the group recieving placebo lozenges. The group recieving zinc loenges also reported suffering milder symptons. The group took an average of five 13.3mg zinc lozenges, totaling about 65 mg of zinc daily.

