Abstracts

The vitamin D for COVID-19 (VIVID) trial: A pragmatic cluster-randomized design Rui Wang , Victor DeGruttola, Quanhong Lei, Kenneth H Mayer, Susan Redline, Aditi  Hazra, Samia Mora, Walter C Willett, Davaasambuu Ganmaa, and JoAnn E Manson  Their objective is to evaluate how vitamin D supplementation affects illness development  and COVID-19 infection post-exposure prophylaxis. High-dose vitamin D3 supplementation, we  predict, will minimize the risk of hospitalization/death in those…...

Vitamin C as Prophylaxis and Adjunctive Medical Treatment for COVID-19?  Adam F. Feyaerts, Ph.D. and Walter Luyten, Ph.D., M.D   The coronavirus illness 2019 is caused by the severe acute respiratory illness coronavirus  2. (COVID-19). Vitamin C was recommended during the coronavirus 1 epidemic that caused  severe acute respiratory syndrome. Interleukin-6 and endothelin-1 levels are often increased…...

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Vitamin C-Lipid Metabolites: Uptake and Retention  and Effect on Plasma C-Reactive Protein and Oxidized  LDL Levels in Healthy Volunteers  Dario Pancorbo, Carlos Vazquez, and Mary Ann Fletcher   A new formulation of vitamin C-lipid metabolites was previously found to be more  rapidly taken up by human T-lymphocytes and to stimulate neurite outgrowth, fibroblast  adhesion, and suppression of xenobiotic-induced…...

Vitamin D and SARS-CoV-2 Virus/COVID-19 Disease   Susan A Lanham-New, Ann R Webb, Kevin D Cashman, Judy L Buttriss, Joanne L  Fallowfield, Tash Masud, Martin Hewison, John C Mathers, Mairead Kiely, Ailsa A  Welch, Kate A Ward, Pamela Magee, Andrea L Darling, Tom R Hill, Carolyn Greig,   Colin P Smith, Richard Murphy, Sarah Leyland, Roger Bouillon, Sumantra Ray, and  Martin Kohlmeier  The new SARS-Cozv-2 virus is still spreading, as is the illness Covid-19, which is caused  by…...

Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data Adrian R Martineau, David A Jolliffe, Richard L Hooper, Lauren Greenberg, John F  Aloia, Peter Bergman, Gal Dubnov-Raz, Susanna Esposito, Davaasambuu Ganmaa, Adit  A Ginde, Emma C Goodall, Cameron C Grant, Christopher J Griffiths, Wim  Janssens, Ilkka Laaksi, Semira Manaseki-Holland, David Mauger , David R  Murdoch, Rachel Neale , Judy R Rees, Steve Simpson Jr, Iwona Stelmach, Geeta Trilok  Kumar, Mitsuyoshi Urashima, Carlos A Camargo Jr  The goal is to determine…...

What is the Role of Supplementation With Ascorbic  Acid, Zinc, Vitamin D, or N-acetylcystein for  Prevention or Treatment of COVID-19?   Seth R. Bauer, PharmD, Aanchal Kapoor, MD, Mary Rath, RD, LD and Suma A.  Thomas, MD, MBA    COVID-19 may theoretically be prevented or treated with a variety of agents designed to  complement food intake or endogenous…...

Zinc Acetate Lozenges for the Treatment of the  Common Cold: A Randomized Controlled Trial   Harri Hemilä, Jari Haukka, Marianne Alho, Jussi Vahtera, and Mika Kivimäki   When used for 5 days after the onset of symptoms, a commercially available zinc acetate lozenge  was ineffective in treating the common cold. While taste has been a frequent complaint in previous zinc  lozenge…...

Zinc for the Common Cold  Meenu Singh and Rashmi R Das  The common cold is one of the most frequent ailments, and it is a primary cause of  medical visits and missed school and work. Since 1984, trials in high-income nations studying  the effect of zinc in the treatment of common cold symptoms have yielded inconsistent findings. …...

Zinc for the Prevention and Treatment of SARS CoV-2 and Other Acute Viral Respiratory Infections:  A Rapid Review   Susan Arentz, Jennifer Hunter, Guoyan Yang, Joshua Goldenberg, Jennifer Beardsley,  Stephen P. Myers, Dominik Mertz, and Stephen Leeder  The global COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a rush of research into SARS-CoV-2  prevention and treatment. People with chronic illnesses and the elderly who are at risk of…...