The patient education provided here is for informational purposes only.
It is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for upper respiratory illness.
Please seek your healthcare provider with any questions. *Pharmacy Times Zinc treatments 1998-2002
Suzie Cohen
Pharmacist View Bio
How does Cold-EEZE® reduce the duration of my cold?
Registered Pharmacist, Consultant Pharmacist
Author, The 24-Hour Pharmacist (HarperCollins, July 2007)
Syndicated "Dear Pharmacist" Columnist.
Suzy Cohen, R.Ph., is a licensed pharmacist with nearly 20 years of clinical experience.
She has helped millions of patients in various clinical settings, such as retail, hospital,
nursing home pharmacies and through her syndicated column, "Dear Pharmacist".
Her first book, The 24-Hour Pharmacist (HarperCollins, July 2007), is now available at
bookstores nationwide and Amazon.com.
In addition to her pharmacy work, Cohen is a member of the Association of Natural Medicine Pharmacists,
the Institute of Functional Medicine, the Florida Pharmacy Association (where she resides)
and the American Pharmaceutical Association.
As a Consultant Pharmacist to the Cold-EEZE® brand of products, Cohen offers insight and
expertise on how to shorten the misery associated with the common cold with natural and effective supplements.
Likewise, Cohen offers easy and inexpensive ways to boost one’s natural immunity to protect the body against
invading germs and viruses.
Common Cold 101 – everything you ever wanted to know about the common cold.
Go ahead, impress your friends.
Each year the U.S. population experiences up to one billion colds.
The common cold accounts for 189 million school days lost each year.*
Every year, 126 million sick days associated with the common cold are recorded.*
75 percent of all colds suffered by children less than five years of age are medically attended.
Colds can occur year-round, but are most common during the fall and winter.
More than 200 known viruses are responsible for the common cold.
Children under 17 years of age catch an average of five to 12 colds per year.
Adults catch an average of two to four colds per year.
Children and women aged 20-30 typically have the most colds per year.
A dry, scratchy sore throat is usually the first symptom of a common cold.
The common cold virus is spread by the inhalation of germs expelled at close range by
coughs and sneezes and by contaminated hand contact.
Cold weather and air conditioning can contribute to a common cold infection because
moisture is extracted from the air, drying the protective mucous blanket in the nose and
leaving it more vulnerable to viral infection.
Psychological stress, allergic disorders affecting the nasal passages and throat and
menstrual cycles may have an impact on a person's susceptibility to colds.
Medical studies show that Zinc Gluconate Glycine (ZIGG)™, a patented formula found
exclusively in COLD-EEZE®, reduces the duration and severity of the common cold.
