Anyone treating the flu with Oscillococcinum?

Never heard of it before. Always upped my Zinc and Vitamin D supplementation during the Winter.

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I’ve seen this pop up recently on social media.

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Stop taking medical advice from social media.

We bought it and used every once i while a few years ago, until I researched it and realized its Snake Oil.

All that stuff is, is a derivative from duck liver and heart. If you take enough of it, it’ll keep you up all night but other than that it’s a placebo.

The original theory (early 1900s) was that a supposed oscillating microorganism (“oscillococcus”) seen in flu patients was also found in duck organs. That microorganism was later shown not to exist, but the product stuck around.