<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Amy Anderson wrote: >The active ingredient in Cold-Eeze is zinc I'd heard that zinc would remove the white spots on my nails, but what are it's other properties? I've always gone with the old vitamin C treatment for colds.(And this didn't work within 15 minutes I can assure you!) Any side effects from prolonged use, or possibility of overdosage? I tend to absorb minerals (and most medicines) etc at an alarmingly fast pace (and this despite an intestinal lining smooth as glass!), so have to be careful of overdosage. Emma ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Emma Shoebridge ([log in to unmask]) Johannesburg, South Africa ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^