Pure Encapsulations Zinc 30 mg | Zinc Picolinate Supplement for Immune System Support, Growth and Development, and Wound Healing* | 60 Capsules

I’ve been taking 25mg of zinc gluconate for the past year or so with no side effects. But after reading that zinc picolinate is absorbed better by the body, I thought I’d try it in this 30mg form. I took one capsule with a meal, as suggested, but approximately 4-6 hours later I started to feel a “numb/inflamed irritation” in my throat and ears, which I associate with an oncoming cold. An hour or so after this, I began to feel a “straining” pain in my shoulders and upper arms. Needless to say, this was quite unpleasant. I decided not to take the zinc for a week to check if the irritation and pain were related to the supplement. The next day the symptoms were gone, so I was not in fact coming down with a cold. A week later, I took another capsule, again with a meal, and went about my business. As you can probably guess, since I’m writing this review, 4-6 hours later the irritation and pain returned. The unpleasantness lasted for hours until I went to bed. I did a little research (reading all critical reviews here, and googling) looking for others who may have experienced similar side effects, but I did not find anything helpful. Did I get a bad batch? Am I allergic to picolinate in particular, or something else in the capsule? But Pure Encapsulations make it clear on the bottle that the capsules are “Gluten-free, Non-GMO & Hypoallergenic,” so who knows. For now I’m going back to zinc gluconate; perhaps in future I will again try zinc picolinate, but in a smaller dose.

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Many Zinc products on the market, bothered my stomach. The Pure Encapsulations product was easy to swallow, and did not affect my stomach in a negative way! Excellent product! Highly recommended!

I liked everything about it

Not monitored by any monitoring body like the FDA

Item is at a nice dose since it gives 30mg of zinc and allows for other forms of zinc through multivitamins and diet

Pure Encap. produce superior products. Recommend.

Helped so much when sick, great brand

I bought this for my German Shepherd who got hot spots. I knew that zinc was important for the skin. After a week of taking this her fur came back in and all hot spots healed up nicely. I do have to tell you that at the time I also started giving her Carlson Lab fish oil and Pure Encapsulations Vitamin A & E, along with Integrative Therapeutics Active B Complex and Natures Sunshine Magnesium Complex. Even though I started all the other products at the same time, I still felt that the zinc was key, in part due to a spray product from years back that helped my other German Shepherd. Zinc was that other products key ingredient.