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Will vitamin C reduce the duration of a cold? (Mindful Practice).
Publication: Internal Medicine News Publication Date: 15-FEB-02 Author: Ebbert, Jon O. ; Tangalos, Eric G.
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COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group
The Problem
A colleague notices my 2-day-old cold symptoms and suggests nonpharmacologic treatments--vitamin C and zinc. I recall the data on zinc (the jury is still out on this one) but cannot recall a specific study on vitamin C. "Mindful Physician, heal thyself," she charges.
The Question
In patients with the common cold, does vitamin C decrease the severity and duration of cold symptoms?
Seeking evidence: Using PubMed (www.pubmed.gov), the phrase "vitamin C AND common cold" yields 190 hits. The first two articles appear important: a randomized trial of vitamin C versus placebo from Australia and a Cochrane systematic review. The abstract of the review on prophylactic vitamin C reports no effect on common cold prevention and...
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