500 mg vitamine C per dag voorkomt complex regionaal pijn syndroom na een zware operatie of letsel

Research Question:
Swallowing of vitamin C lowers the chances of getting complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) after surgery or injury?

Study Design:
This overview article contained 4 Rcts. 
The dosage of vitamin C was not less than 500 mg a day for 45-50 days. There was no heterogeneity.

200 mg vitamine C per dag verkort de duur van een verkoudheid

Research Question:
Swallowing of vitamin C lowers the chances of getting a cold?

Study Design:
This overview article contained 29 Rcts with 11306 participants.

The dosage of vitamin C was at least 200 mg per day.

Results and conclusions:
The researchers found that taking vitamin C in the ordinary population the chance of getting a cold non-significant with 3% [95% CI = 0.94-1.00] reduced. Non-significant is, there is no link to a 95% reliability.