Abreva Cold Sore Treatment Rapid Pain Relief Cream with Lidocaine, 3 g Tube | Clear Gel Formula, Shortens Duration of Tingling, Pain, Burning and Itching, External Analgesic, Lip Protectant

This works best if you use as soon as you feel a twinge of cold sore. Keep using daily. I have gotten rid of cold sore without them ever blossoming

Product always works quickly..happy with my purchase..

Keep in mind, this is strictly for pain relief and also to relieve the dryness and stiffness aspect of cold sores. Basically when your lip or area around it is feeling super stiff and chapped, it will make the skin supple again. It'll also relieve any tingles or burning. But the actual Abreva cold sore treatment (Docosanol Cream) is what works to actually treat/get rid of the sores themselves. So you need both. I usually place a thin layer of this stuff first, followed by the Abreva cream, allow it to dry (about 30 to 45 minutes) then add a couple cold sore patches to the treated areas to further protect while it heals. I also do red light treatments once in the mornings and once in the evenings, 5 minutes at a time each time. If you wanted to, you could also use just this and then the cold sore patches too. It depends on how effective it is for you. The patches themselves have healing formula in them too. So if you don't like the cream, that is an option. I've found that using the cream plus the patches worked better for me, tho. Ultimately you have to find what works for you. But this tube is specifically for pain relief only, it will not actually treat the sores, so you will need a second form of medicine, whether prescribed or over the counter, to treat the problem itself. So it works well for what it was meant for. Hopefully after this episode, won't need it again for a long time. This was my first episode after nearly 2yrs of not having any. It sucked, but I got through it. Good luck!

Arrived opened but in the Amazon package. I ordered this for pain relief and it worked a miracle. The only thing I don’t care for is the small tube in a big box almost three times bigger the tube size. Also how to twist off lid and close tube requires you to press tube and loose medicinal cream. Ridiculous! I still gave 5 stars. Needs new way to open and close tube as not to waste my $. But took pain away on my cold sore immediately!

I have difficulty opening

This product is as written. This is fast acting and no waiting to work.

Works well. Better to use it right when you feel the tingling

Works really fast

Used it straightaway when my cold sore came and it helped in the healing process

Amazing cream that actually works definitely worth the price

Took the pain away from sores on my chin. Very pleased. Used it with patches,

Bought for the wife she said it was no better than the tubes of cold sore cream she got from he supermarket half the price