Cold Sore Treatment
Written by on December 4, 2008Looking for a cold sore treatment can be a daunting process. There are so many medicines and remedies available on the market, it become a little difficult to decide which product is the best for you.
One of the best-reviewed products on the market is Viroxyn. This medicine was designed to attack the cold sore directly. It has been referenced more as a germicide than as an anti-viral cold sore treatment.
To use this product, you apply it directly to the blister so that the virus is killed. It is said that this medicine works more efficiently than others because this doesn’t have to work through your bloodstream first.
You don’t need to take it internally for this work. Other cold sore treatments need to first go through the stomach and digestive tract and then into the bloodstream.
This takes some time and will only stop the virus from reproducing, not dealing with the sore at hand. Contrary to other products on the market, Viroxyn interrupts the genetic code of the blister and kills it.
Another type of cold sore treatment that works effectively is called Zovirax or Acyclovir. This medicine is not available online, but requires a prescription
from a doctor in the United States. However, there are books about these products you can purchase on Amazon.
This medicine is an episodic treatment and greatly reduces the intensity of the outbreak. It is also known to shorten the length of the cold sore symptom cycle.
This product needs to be taken 5 times a day. It can also be used a suppressive treatment with a lower dosage to reduce the number of outbreaks a person has. If you plan on using this product as a suppressive agent, it is best that you discuss this possibility with your doctor.
You should be aware of some of the side effects that Zovirax has, such as nausea and diarrhea. When considering the side effects, you should evaluate which would be better to have, a cold sore or diarrhea?
Hopefully, you can find a cold sore treatment that works for you. This article just provided a few possible treatments that are out there. It is up to you to do a little bit of research to find not only medicinal ways of treating cold sores, but also natural ones.

