KITS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF RHINITIS

摘要

Kits providing a combination of one or more pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more agent(s) for the treatment or alleviation of symptoms commonly associated with a cold and an immunonutritional composition comprising immunonutritional agent and methods of using these kits are described. The preferred immunonutritional agents are compounds that contain a pharmaceutically acceptable form of zinc, such as zinc acetate, zinc gluconate, zinc gluconate glycine, and zinc sulfate. Preferably the kit contains multiple dosage forms containing the immunonutritional composition, hi the most preferred embodiment, the immunonutritional composition is in the form of a lozenge. Suitable pharmaceutical agents include, antihistamines, decongestants, anticholinergics, antitussives, analgesics, mucolytics, expectorants, and combinations thereof. The pharmaceutical formulations may be in any suitable dosage form, including forms which provide controlled release of the pharmaceutical agent, including immediate, sustained, modified, delayed or pulsed release pharmacokinetic mechanisms or a combination thereof.