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Zovirax ftw

Advantages: It works, and fast too. Very portable
Disadvantages: Dried skin, pricey, small tube

Zovirax cream probably the leading brand in treating cold sores. Its easily applicable and dries up quickly without leaving the skin sticky. You can really notice the difference with this cream although I'm not sure about how fast the cream works when your blisters are at its scab stage. Its best to use it when you feel that unpleasant tingle or burning sensation. The cream says its best to use it 5 times a day for 5 days. Bad thing is that its only ...

radskies 04.04.2008 · Read Full Review
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Review of Zovirax Cold Sore Cream

USE ORALMEDIC WITH CAUTION

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Contains Sulphuric Acid, do not use if allergic to Sulphur

I think that people should use this product with caution. One of the ingredients is Sulphuric acid. This means that if you have an allergy to Sulphur, of course you may not know this when buying and using the product, you could end up as I did. I followed the instructions in the leaflet to the letter,but it severely burnt the end of my tongue,that's where my small ulcer was. After 7 days and 2 trips to my doctor, I am still only able to eat soups, ...

HonestReviewerOpinion 28.06.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Oralmedic Mouth Ulcer Treatment

Compeed Cold Sore Patch

Advantages: Clears the coldsores quickly
Disadvantages: Does not make the coldsore look like it's not there like it claims to do!

...the point on buying the compeed as i did not have a coldsore. Guess what decided to pop up on my face the night before my year 11 prom! Yes, thats right a COLDSORE!! It could honestly have not come at a more better timing (not). I remember sitting in my living room just wanting to cry, it was my prom and i wanted to look stunning, how was i going to look like that with a big hideous lump on my face! That's when the compeed came to rescue me. I got ...
...The packaging of the compeed is quite unusual, it has a mirror inside which is handy if your out and about and you need to change your compeed and have not got a mirror with you. There are 15 patches and all 15 are meant to be used to treat an outbreak. The compeeds themselves are in a clear rectangle shaped wrapper and the compeeds are circular with a sticky adhesive on one side (the bit that goes on the coldsore) and a non sticky bit on the other ...

x_dani_x 22.05.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Compeed Cold Sore Patch

Using Bonjela Can Be Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Advantages: Works Well
Disadvantages: Expensive

...a relatively new product from Bonjela called Cool Gel and I now always have a tube handy in my medicine cabinet just in case. The product itself was purchased from my local chemist which I thought was quite an expensive buy at a whopping £2.55 for a 15mg tube!!! You can't put a price on relieving a child's discomfort though. It comes packaged in a distinctive blue box which states that the product is New Bonjela Cool Gel which contains the active ...
...massage about one centimetre of bonjela onto the sore area. This can be repeated after 3 hours. For denture sores massage one centimetre onto the sore area and leave for at least 30 minutes before reinserting the dentures. The Cool Gel should not be applied directly onto the dentures. In children massage one half of a centimetre of the gel onto affected area. This can be repeated after 3 hours. However no more than six doses are to be given in a ...

anniehiccups 13.05.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Bonjela Cool Mint Gel

Somewhere in the middle...

Advantages: They protect the infected area and make it look better
Disadvantages: Expensive, patches don't last as long as advertised

Not sure those things actually do anything about cold sores, seems a bit unlikely since they're not even medicine plus they're really thin stickers so....I don't know, they don't seem to be effective. They're also expensive and don't last as long as they're supposed to. The instructions state 8-10 hours but in 2 hours mine would start to peel off and look hideous when I was talking. The good thing is that those patches "protect" the area. I have ...
...it\s good they didn't get on the cold sore thanks to the patches. They also make the cold sore look less gross and from a distance, they hide it very well. Sometimes the patches also relieved the burning and stinging pain of the cold sore but not always. I think that my cold sore is better now but I've been using Zovirax too. I don't know what the results would be without Zovirax since I didn't want to risk it. I would buy the patches again for the ...

chrissy.d 19.03.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Compeed Cold Sore Patch