The use of zinc and vitamin С for the prevention and adjuvant therapy of acute respiratory diseases


O.A. Gromova, I.Yu. Torshin, V.S. Moiseev, M.A. Sorokina, O.A. Limanova

1 Ivanovo state medical academy, Department of pharmacology, Ivanovo 2 Moscow institute of physics and technology, Department of intelligent systems, Dolgoprudny 3 Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Department of therapy, Moscow
Zinc and vitamin C are accumulating in lymphocytes intensively, and are required to support the immune system. Evidence-based studies confirm the usefulness of zinc and vitamin C to reduce the overall duration of acute respiratory diseases (influenza, adenovirus infections, etc.), including regression and relief of the patient’s individual symptoms (runny nose, nasal congestion, throat irritation, hoarseness, cough, muscle ache).
Keywords: vitamin C, zinc, influenza, acute respiratory infections, hypothermia
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About the Autors

Olga A. Gromova, MD, professor of the Department of pharmacology and clinical pharmacology, Ivanovo state medical academy. Address: 153012, Ivanovo, 8 Sheremetevsky prospect. Tel.: +74932416525. E-mail: unesco.gromova@gmail.com

Ivan Yu. Torshin, candidate of physico-mathematical sciences, associate professor of the Department of intelligent systems, Moscow institute of physics and technology (state university). Address: 141701, Moscow region, Dolgoprudny, 9 Institutsky pereulok. Tel.: +74991352489

Valentin S. Moiseev, academician of RAS, MD, professor, head of the Department of therapy, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. Address: 117198, Moscow, 8 Miklukho-Maklaya St. Tel.: +74954332794

Maria A. Sorokina, intern of the Department of therapy, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. Address: 117198, Moscow, 8 Miklukho-Maklaya St. Tel.: +74954332794

Olga A. Limanova, PhD, associate professor of the Department of pharmacology and clinical pharmacology, Ivanovo state medical academy. Address: 153012, Ivanovo, 8 Sheremetevsky prospect. Tel.: +74932416525


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