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0 0.5 1 1.5 2+ Case 94% Improvement Relative Risk COVID-19 or flu-like illness 81% Zinc for COVID-19  Margolin et al.  Prophylaxis Does zinc + combined treatments reduce COVID-19 infections? Retrospective 113 patients in the USA Fewer cases with zinc + combined treatments (p=0.0032) c19early.org Margolin et al., J. Evidence-Based Int.., Jul 2021 Favors zinc Favors control

20-Week Study of Clinical Outcomes of Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Prophylaxis and Treatment

Margolin et al., Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine, doi:10.1177/2515690X211026193
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Zinc for COVID-19
2nd treatment shown to reduce risk in July 2020
 
*, now known with p = 0.0000013 from 44 studies, recognized in 10 countries.
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Retrospective 113 outpatients, 53 (patient choice) treated with zinc, quercetin, vitamin C/D/E, l-lysine, and quina, showing lower cases with treatment. Results are subject to selection bias and limited information on the groups is provided. See journals.sagepub.com.
Study covers vitamin C, vitamin D, quercetin, and zinc.
risk of case, 94.4% lower, RR 0.06, p = 0.003, treatment 0 of 53 (0.0%), control 9 of 60 (15.0%), NNT 6.7, relative risk is not 0 because of continuity correction due to zero events (with reciprocal of the contrasting arm).
risk of COVID-19 or flu-like illness, 81.1% lower, RR 0.19, p = 0.01, treatment 2 of 53 (3.8%), control 12 of 60 (20.0%), NNT 6.2.
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Margolin et al., 6 Jul 2021, retrospective, USA, peer-reviewed, 5 authors, this trial uses multiple treatments in the treatment arm (combined with quercetin, vitamin C/D/E, l-lysine, and quina) - results of individual treatments may vary.
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20-Week Study of Clinical Outcomes of Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Prophylaxis and Treatment
MD, PhD Leon Margolin, PhD Jeremy Luchins, Daniel Margolin, Michelle Margolin, MSc Sanford Lefkowitz
Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine, doi:10.1177/2515690x211026193
Objectives and Setting. As the lethal COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, the need for effective modalities of alleviation remains urgent. This includes modalities that can readily be used by the public to reduce disease spread and severity. Such preventive measures and early-stage treatments may temper the immediacy of demand for advanced anti-COVID measures (drugs, antibodies, vaccines) and help relieve strain also on other health system resources. Design and Participants. We present results of a clinical study with a multi-component OTC "core formulation" regimen used in a multiply exposed adult population. Analysis of clinical outcome data from our sample of over 100 subjects À comprised of roughly equal sized regimen-compliant (test) and non-compliant (control) groups meeting equivalent inclusion criteria À demonstrates a strong statistical significance in favor of use of the core formulations. Results. While both groups were moderate in size, the difference between them in outcomes over the 20-week study period was large and stark: Just under 4% of the compliant test group presented flu-like symptoms, but none of the test group was COVID-positive; whereas 20% of the non-compliant control group presented flu-like symptoms, three-quarters of whom (15% overall of the control group) were COVID-positive. Conclusions. Offering a low cost, readily implemented anti-viral approach, the study regimen may serve, at the least, as a stopgap modality and, perhaps, as a useful tool in combatting the pandemic.
Authors' Note This article complies with CPMI guidelines. No PHI is included. Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. ORCID iDs Leon Margolin, MD, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0642-300X Jeremy Luchins, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2806-6872
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