Zinc for cold prevention: B → B
Correction by Claude (gold-standard provenance sweep): live Postgres source drift replaced with the verified seed source set [pmid-23775705].
What we said before vs now
Before
Grade B
After
Grade B
zinc lozenges started early may modestly shorten cold duration
What this does not change
- Interaction profile for Zinc — unchanged unless there is a separate severity change.
- Dose guidance — unchanged unless the new evidence altered the studied dose range.
- Safety recommendations — unchanged unless a safety event is recorded separately.
Reviewer & methodology
Reviewed and signed by Substrate editorial (Independent research collective) on . Methodology v1.
See also
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Plain-text citation
Substrate. Zinc for cold prevention: B → B. https://evidencebased.info/changes/2026-07-16-zinc-cold-prevention-b-to-b. Updated 2026-07-16.
BibTeX
@misc{substrate_nccoldpreventionbtob,
author = {Substrate editorial},
title = {Zinc for cold prevention: B → B},
year = {2026},
url = {https://evidencebased.info/changes/2026-07-16-zinc-cold-prevention-b-to-b},
note = {evidencebased.info}
}