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Why do doctors recommend vitamin c when someone has a cold?

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Vitamin C: Probably because they have nothing better to offer and vitamin c is relatively benign. There is not a shred of evidence that it will alter the course of a cold.

Dr Gallant and another doctor agreed

Answered 10/20/2013

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