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To: gleeaikin
"Yesterday I did a lot of research and it seems there are no measured problems for most people using high doses of C, D, and zinc for up to 8 days. After that careful watching is recommended."

I'm new to zinc, just started taking it a couple weeks ago. I read somewhere that 70MG is the maximum daily dose recommended. I've been on 2,000MG of vitamin C for a couple months and 10,000 IU of D for a couple decades. If I get CV, I'll up the zinc dose.

68 posted on 05/02/2020 7:37:35 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam; null and void; PA Engineer; RummyChick; All

It might make sense to cut the zinc back to between 25 and 35 mg. for regular use. Also, Zalenko uses 220mg. zinc for 5 days. Loss of taste and smell is now considered a symptom of Covid infection. Loss of taste and smell is also a sign of zinc deficiency.
The 10,000 IU of D might be unnecessarily high. My 6’1” son in Special Forces who suffers SAD in the winter was recently encouraged by his doctor to start taking 5000 IU of D per day. I have now increased my daily to that amount.
The 2000 mg. of C is good if you have a low stress life, but should be in divided doses since it is easily excreted. For over 45 years I have taken 3 to 6 grams a day depending on how my allergies are acting. Since I am allergic to house dust, cigarette smoke, cool weather molds, and ragweed, that is at least 6 months in the year. I take 1500 mg. in the morning and 1000 at bedtime. When my nose gets stuffed up during the day I take 500 mg. or more at 1/2 hour intervals until my nose is open again. On an allergy day this is usually 5 or 6 hours after I took my morning vitamins. Cheers, stay healthy!


70 posted on 05/02/2020 10:49:58 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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