Posted by: sarkekodimag February 21, 2010
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Looks like cold sores... Herpecin does not work. Looking at over the counter products... only Abreva is FDA approved. But, a small tube of Abreva cost around 20 dollars... and it only helps to prevent the spread not the healing if you already have it.
Since you have been seeing a doc for it.. so i assume the problem is significant.. Your doctor could have tried Acyclovir 200 mg five times a day for 5 days. or Zovirax cream. Zovirax is very expensive. Zovirax is over the counter medication if you are in Europe.
Anyway, the point here is: COST... and as long as you have insurance do not hesitate to use prescription medication... I highly doubt OTC products will be beneficial in ur case.
One other suggestion will be: take Varicella zoster vaccine which is also known as chickenpox (varicella) vaccine. I am sure you must have taken it long time ago. A lot of times, by some reason...(may be not maintaining cold chain of the vaccine or vaccine somehow failing to generate same level of immune response), your body will not produce enough antibody. You can do antibody titer test to see if you have enough antibody or not.. but it will be expensive again.. taking one extra chickenpox vaccine is not expensive and will not hurt you either. Chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus which is one of the eight herpes virus. There is so much similarities between viruses that cause chickenpox and cold sore. By the way, this indication of chickenpox vaccine is not FDA approved for its use in recurrent cold sore. But, ask your doctor to use some common sense of virology and anybody here who knows physiology of viruses will agree the logic.
You can take chickenpox vaccine in one of the quick care or CVS's minute clinic or Walgreens' take care clinic or whatever they call. You do not need prescription to get that vaccine. Or you can get that in county's health department too.
Please take chickenpox vaccine and post your experience in the same thread so that it would help others to make decision..... Let me know if you get another episode of blisters after taking chickenpox vaccine.
Since you have been seeing a doc for it.. so i assume the problem is significant.. Your doctor could have tried Acyclovir 200 mg five times a day for 5 days. or Zovirax cream. Zovirax is very expensive. Zovirax is over the counter medication if you are in Europe.
Anyway, the point here is: COST... and as long as you have insurance do not hesitate to use prescription medication... I highly doubt OTC products will be beneficial in ur case.
One other suggestion will be: take Varicella zoster vaccine which is also known as chickenpox (varicella) vaccine. I am sure you must have taken it long time ago. A lot of times, by some reason...(may be not maintaining cold chain of the vaccine or vaccine somehow failing to generate same level of immune response), your body will not produce enough antibody. You can do antibody titer test to see if you have enough antibody or not.. but it will be expensive again.. taking one extra chickenpox vaccine is not expensive and will not hurt you either. Chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus which is one of the eight herpes virus. There is so much similarities between viruses that cause chickenpox and cold sore. By the way, this indication of chickenpox vaccine is not FDA approved for its use in recurrent cold sore. But, ask your doctor to use some common sense of virology and anybody here who knows physiology of viruses will agree the logic.
You can take chickenpox vaccine in one of the quick care or CVS's minute clinic or Walgreens' take care clinic or whatever they call. You do not need prescription to get that vaccine. Or you can get that in county's health department too.
Please take chickenpox vaccine and post your experience in the same thread so that it would help others to make decision..... Let me know if you get another episode of blisters after taking chickenpox vaccine.