Zinc lozenges make things taste not good.
They are also supposed to improve your immune system.
So much so that if you have had a transplant you shouldn't take them. My friend B who recommended them to me today told me a guy he knew didn't know this and died within a week of taking them. They raised his immune system so much that he rejected his lungs. I feel lucky that I can live with my self-rejection.
I am thinking of this as I walk towards my house, hearing them drop on the pavement one by one through the hole in the bag, too sick to stop and pick them up.