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Cold Sore remedies?

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MrsMessina
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Cold Sore remedies?

Does anyone have any remedies to get rid of a cold sore faster? Chat Icon I started not feeling right a couple of days ago. By yesterday morning I saw the little bumps and knew it was a cold sore right away.
I bought some over the counter orajel cold sore pen and my mom had a prescription cream that I've been using- but they don't seem to be helping.
My bottom lip looks as though someone hit me in the lip w/ a baseball. Chat Icon My nodes under my chin hurt on that side also. Chat Icon Help! TIA! Chat Icon

Posted 11/16/08 9:57 AM
 

MissJones
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Re: Cold Sore remedies?

Try going to a health food store and buying a product, an amino acid, called l-lysine or l-carnitine. you can get it in a lotion or a lip balm. I suggest the lotion because the lip balm might get contaminated.

something like this

Posted 11/16/08 10:04 AM
 

Gertyrae
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Re: Cold Sore remedies?

Go for the expensive stuff...Abreva or Releev. They are like $20 for a tiny tube but they work in a matter of days.
DH never has a cold sore for more than three days now.

Posted 11/16/08 11:02 AM
 

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Message edited 3/20/2010 10:24:49 AM.

Posted 11/16/08 1:04 PM
 

Sneezy
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Re: Cold Sore remedies?

Abreva is my drug of choice. I put it on from the first tingle and can usually avoid getting it if I am fast enough. Otherwise, if lessens the severity of it and definitely makes it go away faster.

I keep a tube of Abreva in my desk at work, one in my pocketbook and one at home. I am never too far from it.

Posted 11/16/08 3:06 PM
 

MrsMessina
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Re: Cold Sore remedies?

Thanks everyone. Chat Icon
I'm going to send DH out to get some b/c I look like a monster. Chat Icon We were supposed to go to my ILs after church today and I skipped going on both b/c I don't feel well and I don't want anyone seeing me. Chat Icon
DH went to church, came home, took 1 look at me and called his parents and said WE aren't coming. Chat Icon I guess he thought I shouldn't be left alone. Chat Icon
My mom stopped by and said it looks like a cold sore with a hive.Chat Icon Chat Icon My nodes in my neck hurt and she said if it gets any worse that I should go to the ER- or if I have any problems breathing. Chat Icon
I took 2 benadryl which made me really tired but I did notice the inside of my lip isn't quite as swollen. Now I'm wondering if it's an allergic reaction on top of the cold sore. Chat Icon

Posted 11/16/08 3:50 PM
 

Kerie-is-so-very
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Re: Cold Sore remedies?

Abreva is the only thing over the counter that works for me.

Someone mentioned L-Lysine. I try to take that daily to prevent cold sores. At one point, it worked for a whole year after I had gotten very frequent cold sores. Now I think that only reason it does not always work is because I get forgetful. I don't find that Lysine does anything once a sore is there and I don't think that the topical creams that contain Lysine work. That's how it is with me, anyway.

Last but not least, ask your doctor for a prescription for Valtrex, to be taken at the first sign of a cold sore. Have it on hand, because you really have to take it right away when you have that feeling of getting a cold sore.

Take care of yourself when you have a cold sore. It shows that your immunity is down. I usually get the swollen glands and severe fatigue when I have one. My doctor tells me to remember that I am lucky that I only have the above the waist form of herpes. Oh ya, let's celebrate a big lip/nose sore Chat Icon (I get them between the lip and nose)! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 11/16/08 4:56 PM
 

donegal419
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Re: Cold Sore remedies?

Abreva is great... it's expensive, but really works. Costco sells it much cheaper than places like CVS.

Posted 11/16/08 7:00 PM
 

Angel321
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Re: Cold Sore remedies?

LOVE Abreva - but there is something you can get from your doc that is even BETTER!!!!

I can't for the life of me remember the name, but if you call your doc and ask him to call you in a script for a cold sore - i think it's one of the only things....

it works like a CHARM!!!

Posted 11/17/08 10:20 AM
 
 

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