Sunday 3 January 2010

The Miraculous Lozenge?

One article caught my eye in the papers yesterday: the 20 pence a day lozenge that, it has been claimed, is designed to ward off all cold and flu bugs.

Seemingly the lozenge would be taken once a day before breakfast and would cost a mere 20p per day. Scientists hope to have it for sale within two years. It is called Veldona.

Here is the main article.

2 comments :

Anonymous said...

I would be highly sceptical of anything "medical" published in the Mail, they tend to report a cure for cancer about once a week, usually with no real scientific basis.
And given that interferon is a protein, I would have thought that as such it would be digested by the gut before it could get into your bloodstream. But hey, what do I know... if it really works, it would obviously be great.
Happy New Year for 2010, keep up the good work. I have just returned from a short break in NI and an still trying to thaw out!
Cheers,
J

Timothy Belmont said...

It does sound too good to be true. We'll see.

Indeed the conditions here are Arctic, by our standards; they say it has been the coldest December for 30 years.

And thanks for the support, J. Happy New Year.