Vitamin Ñ or ascorbic acid frequently is recommended to prevent or treat colds. What medical reports I have read indicate that the vitamin doesn’t appear to prevent colds but can reduce the symptoms and shorten the course of the illness.
Antibiotics are not indicated but are sometimes prescribed, mainly to prevent or treat secondary infection.
Cold weather alone does not cause colds. However, the sudden changes of temperature from hot or cold experienced by going from the warm inside to the cold outside, and vice-versa in air-conditioning in the summer, might make the nose more susceptible to the action of the viruses.
Vaccines are not fully effective although some containing a few coryza viruses and some made with the common bacterial secondary invaders might be of limited use.
The large number of different viruses makes an effective vaccine difficult to produce.
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