Cold Sore Treatments
There are many cold sore treatments on the market today, many work, many don't. Getting an effective cold sore treatment and applying it as early as possible is cruicial to shortening the duration or even stopping the cold sore form appearing at all. Here we list the most effective non-presciption treatments available online and the find you the lowest price aswell!
Antiviral Cold Sore Treatments
All antiviral treatments contain an active ingredient (usually aciclovir) which has been shown to be very effective at stopping viral infections like colds sores.
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Active ingregient. | Lowest price. | RRP | ||
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5% aciclovir | £5.19 | £6.55 |  |
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5% aciclovir | £4.49 | £5.99 | |
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5% aciclovir | £3.49 | £3.99 | |
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1% penciclovir | £4.49 | £6.49 | |
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5% aciclovir | £3.49 | £4.49 | |
Other Colds Sore Treatments
There is more than one way to skin or cat (or heal a cold sore). New products have been developed as alternatives to antiviral cold sore creams which can be as, if not more, effective.
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Info. | Lowest price. | RRP | ||
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hydrocolloid 075 particles |
£5.48 | £6.99 | |
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heat treatment |
£26.45 | £39.95 | |
Which cold sore treatment is best for me?
All the antiviral creams are very similar - they contain the same or similar active ingedient and are applied the same way. Some get better reviews than other but it basically come down to which brand you prefer.
The compeed cold sore patch has been shown to work just as well as the antiviral creams but with it also has additional advantages if you don't mind having an invisible patch on your lip.
Herpotherm is more a cold sore prvention device, as long as you catch it at the tingling phase before it develops studies have shown that Herpotherm can be very effevtive. It also has the advantage of being chemical free.