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Cold Sore OTC Medicines and Products Reviewed

Cold sore OTC medicines and over the counter cold sore products have really known a boom lately and new coldsore lip balms, ointments, creams and supplements have been consistently coming in and out of the market. So how can we tell the good ones from the bad ones? Do we look at each cold sore over the counter product exciting claims? Do we listen to the pharmacist?

I suggest we read the label. This method is simple and just makes sense. Of course it is impossible to tell what the mixture of two ingredients will bring and how you will particularly react to one of them. But at least you can get a clear picture at what you're getting without having to listen to the blabbering of some cold sore over the counter medicine manufacturer without the fear of being fooled.

So I think it is reasonable that you educate yourself about the most common cold sore OTC remedy ingredients. My point of view is that new FDA regulations are so tough that cold sore over the counter or OTC product manufacturers have been forced to label interesting ingredients as inactive. So I just look at the whole cold sore OTC medicine formula to assess its worth. I've written an article about OTC treatment for cold sores ingredients and how to understand them. It's great and very thorough. But if you just want to get immediate information on which over the counter cold sore remedy works best, just click on one of the links below.

Cold sore OTC medicines reviews:

Releev for cold sores:
Releev is an interesting product using the power of benzalkonium chloride.
Pure Lip cold sore remedy:
Pure Lip cold sore remedy has a very interesting formula based on the power of Zinc and several other anti-oxidants.
Zilactin cold sore relief gel:
Zilactin has an interesting formula to relieve cold sore and fever blisters.
Carmex for cold sores:
Carmex is a powerful moisturizer and skin softener, useful to speed healing after crusts have appeared.
Chapstick cold sore therapy:
Chapstick cold sore therapy is a strong anti-itch, numbing and moisturizing balm but potentially irritant
Abreva:
The new cold sore FDA approved OTC medicine from GlaxoSmithKline the manufacturer of zovirax. Good looking product from afar but take a closer look.

By the way, if you hate, love, detest or adore a particular cold sore OTC product or remedy, please express yourself. Let me know by completing my herpes treatments testimonials form. That would be great to hear from you.

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