Treatments based on vitamins, minerals and other dietary compounds taken in larger than ordinary amounts, including megavitamin therapy, zinc for the common cold, orthomolecular medicine and methylsulfonylmethane. An entry belongs here when its own source describes treatment by a nutrient or supplement. It excludes prescription drugs and herbal products regulated as drugs. Each member is a pharmacological therapy entry that the atlas covers as a subject in its own right, placed here on what its cited article says it is and how it is used, never on its name alone.
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Megavitamin therapy (Wikipedia)
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Megavitamin therapy is the use of large doses of vitamins, often many times greater than the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) in the attempt to prevent or treat diseases.
View the Source Zinc and the common cold (Wikipedia)
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Zinc supplements (frequently zinc acetate or zinc gluconate lozenges) are a group of dietary supplements that are commonly used in an attempt to treat the common cold.
View the Source Orthomolecular medicine (Wikipedia)
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Orthomolecular medicine is a form of alternative medicine that claims to maintain human health through nutritional supplementation.
View the Source Methylsulfonylmethane (Wikipedia)
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Dimethyl sulfone (DMSO2) is an organosulfur compound with the formula (CH3)2SO2.
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