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Fast way to get rid of a cold sore?

OK well on the bottom of my lip i get small but very visible cold sores and they get kind of red and puffy and i have a school orientation
-tomorrow- does anyone know how to get rid of one.. really really fast?

There is no over-the-counter medication or home remedy that cures cold sores. Only time will take care of that. But there is a good prescription medication for cold sores. It will make them go away much faster, and as a result of taking this medication you will have far fewer outbreaks of cold sores.

The absolute best treatment for cold sores is a prescription medication in pill form called Valtrex. It was intended for genital herpes, but cold sores are caused by the same family of viruses, and Valtrex stops colds sores in their tracks. None of the other treatments come close to the effectiveness of Valtrex, not the ointment Zovirax, and certainly not Abreva or anything else. Ask your doctor about it to see if you would be a good candidate for this medication. My doctor prescribed it for me for cold sores about five years ago and after taking it only a couple of times I hardly ever get a cold sore any more, and before Valtrex I was having several attacks a year. On the rare occasions that I do get one now, it is gone almost immediately when I take the medication - in about a day. In the meantime, here are a couple of informative links.


http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-t...
http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/ach...

aww i'm sorry. i had a coldsore for both my first day of high school AND homecoming. do you have any prescription medicine? if you don't go try and go to the doctor to get a prescription. i recomend zovorax or valtrex. if you can't do that, get some abreva or any other kind of OTC remedy. there's not much you can do, and i know it sucks, but give it time.

Yes on the external ones, the Zovirax or generic of that, is good applied. You could ease it with carmax & using moist wet on it. i had a friend who swore by L Lysine & B-12 under the tongue tabs.

Alcohol swabs work a treat, you can get them from a chemist or a medical clinic etc
just wipe the swab over the affected area 0NCE (dont re use or wipe over more than once) and repeat every hour.
good luck

you can try Campho Phenic.. it burns a little but it numbs it and dries it out

try lime on it or use lot of scope until u cry that's how it worked for me

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