Vitamin C in high doses in the treatment of the common cold
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This is a report for a placebo-controled treatment trial on the effect of 6 g/day vitamin C on the common cold. Issues of the journal are available through the net since 1999, whereas this was published in 1977. This was included eg. in the Cochrane review on vitamin C and the common cold (2013).
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In Asfora 1977, if vitamin C was initiated later than 24 hours following symptom onset, there was no meaningful difference between the groups.
“However, if vitamin C was initiated later than 24 hours following the onset of symptoms, there was no meaningful difference between the groups.”
From Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold (2013) · cites this paper as Asfora 1977
In Asfora 1977, when treatment started within 24 hours of symptom onset, the mean duration of vitamin C treated colds was 3.6 days, whereas the duration was 6.9 days with other medications.
“When treatment started within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms, the mean duration of vitamin C treated colds was 3.6 days, whereas the duration was 6.9 days with the other medications (Hemilä 2006a).”
From Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold (2013) · cites this paper as Asfora 1977
Asfora 1977 gave the same participants either vitamin C (6 g/day for five days) or other medications during different common cold episodes, but not in a double-blinded design.
“Asfora 1977 gave the same participants either vitamin C (6 g/day for five days) or other medications (aspirin, etc.) during different common cold episodes, but not in a double‐blinded design.”
From Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold (2013) · cites this paper as Asfora 1977
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Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
Hemilä, H., & Chalker, E. (2013) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd000980.pub4 · Cited by 869 · see citing works
Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
Hemilä, H., Chalker, E., & Douglas, B. (2007) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd000980.pub3 · Cited by 182 · see citing works
Hemilä, H. (1992) · British Journal Of Nutrition · doi:10.1079/bjn19920004 · Cited by 143 · see citing works
Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
Douglas, R., Hemilä, H., Chalker, E., D'Souza, R., & Treacy, B. (2004) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd000980.pub2 · Cited by 103 · see citing works
Abioye, A. I., Bromage, S., & Fawzi, W. (2021) · BMJ Global Health · doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003176 · Cited by 96 · see citing works
Hemilä, H. (1996) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · doi:10.1016/0895-4356(96)00189-8 · Cited by 63 · see citing works
Cochrane review: Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
Douglas, R., Hemilä, H., Chalker, E., & Treacy, B. (2008) · Evidence-Based Child Health A Cochrane Review Journal · doi:10.1002/ebch.266 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Vitamin C in high doses in the treatment of the common cold
Asfora, J. (1977) · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · doi:10.5281/zenodo.13969355
Self-citationPeters, E., Goetzsche, J., Joseph, L., & Noakes, T. (1996) · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · doi:10.5281/zenodo.13912478
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- Authors
- Asfora, J.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Asfora, J.
- Venue
- Zenodo
- Publisher
- Zenodo
- Published
- 1977-01-01
- OpenAlex
- W6931763321
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- zenodo.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (cc-by)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Vitamin D Research Studies
- Keywords
- vitamin C, high-dose vitamin C, common cold, vitamin C supplementation, cold treatment
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