As for the effectiveness of zinc gluconate or zinc acetate, the FDA hasn't made up its mind.
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In chewing gum, zinc acetate is a breath freshener and, when combined with hexetidine, a plaque inhibitor.
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Weider's Cold-Free, with zinc acetate, will retail for about $ 10 for a bottle of 50 lozenges.
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Eby said he came up with zinc acetate around 1990 after more than a decade of experimentation.
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With zinc acetate, she said, her group actively sought a company to sell the product as a drug.
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Zinc carboxylates, e . g . basic zinc acetate, adopt complex formulas, and are not simply dicarboxylates of zinc.
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But patients, their advocates and companies that try to sell drugs like zinc acetate say it is not that simple.
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Zinc acetate is not currently sold for nutritional purposes, according to Eby, who says that it is mainly used in dental amalgams.
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Eby is manufacturing peppermint-flavored zinc acetate lozenges through George Eby Research, in Austin, Texas, and is selling them at several local stores.
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The competition, on the other hand, has the rights to Eby's updated anti-cold compound, zinc acetate, which he says has no taste problem.
