Abreva Cold Sore Treatment

Pros: Works Faster than Expected... Healed Up My Blisters... Didn't Spread the Blisters
Cons: Expensive, Expensive, Expensive... Didn't take away Burning or Itching

"Fever Blisters" also known as "Cold Sores" can sometimes be excruciatingly painful. There are many reasons why people have outbreaks of them ranging from physical and emotional stress to excessive exposure to bright sunlight. As for me, I have an immune ...

Pros: Dramatically shortens the life of a cold sore
Cons: Pricey, but worth it.

I get cold sores. I hate them like poison. Untreated, they get painful, scabby, and frankly, overall disgusting. People don't want to look at me and I don't blame them. I don't want to look at me, and I find excuses to not go out, and for weeks, I find ...

Pros: Relieves pain, heals fever blisters in days instead of weeks!
Cons: Expensive (but worth it!)

There is nothing worse than to wake up and find that you have a new fever blister forming.  It's not the way to start the day because you know you are going to be miserable throughout the day and several days to follow.  Abreva Cold Sore ...

Pros: Works when directions are followed.  Odorless, tasteless, painless.
Cons: Expensive but will last for a few outbreaks.

After three plus decades of suffering with cold sores, I am happy to have finally tried Abreva Cold Sore Treatment.  This tiny little tube costs a whopping $20 but I assure you it works.  Never suffer through painful scabbing, cracking, ...

Pros: Tasteless, odorless, colorless, and very effective.
Cons: Kind of expensive

Like millions of other people, I suffer from the occasional cold sore. And when I say "occasional" I mean 1-2 times a year. Ever since I was a kid I've dreaded the changing of the seasons, because I always know that when the cold weather starts coming ...

Pros: Shortens healing time, no odor or funny taste when applied
Cons: A bit expensive

Like many other Americans, I suffer from cold sores. For many years, I would get 1-2/year, but as I've gotten older, I get them more frequently. As a child, the only product available to treat cold sores was Campho Phenique, which frankly didn't do much. ...

Pros: Enticing packaging fills you with hope
Cons: Doesn't work! Expensive Takes advantage of cold sore sufferers

It's winter time again which means I and millions of other people in cold-weather climates live in fear of impending coldsores. It often seems that no matter what I do, no matter how much lysine I eat or apply, no matter how well I eat and keep my immune ...

Pros: Blends into the sore so that you can where makeup over.
Cons: Expensive, seems to have little to no effect on the sore.

Hey everyone. Like most cold sore sufferers out there I have been living with this virus for a very long time. Over seventeen years to be exact and I'm only gonna be 26 years old this year. Even as I type this review now I sit on my computer with an ...

Pros: I used this horrible product, and wrote a review about it.
Cons: Spreads infection, stings, and is expensive, for almost no product

Wednesday, I felt the tingle of a cold sore. It had been my first outbreak in 3 years. I thought this time, if I caught it right away, I could fight this outbreak without having to resort to Valtrex. I immediately thought of Abreva. I rushed to ...

Pros: Works Fast, Barely Visible, No Scent or Taste.
Cons: The tube is kinda small.

This is the first time I've used Abreva and this is the second cold sore I've gotten in my whole life in just 2 months ! Unfor. I made some stupid mistakes with this guy. But anyways this product is awesome, of course not everyone gets the same results ...

Pros: Easy to use, and inexpensive compared to the RX. No unpleasant taste or odor.
Cons: It does take a bit longer to heal than with the prescription.

Hi Cold-sore sufferers. They are miserable aren't they. This product works almost as well as the prescription. You must use it at the first sign of itching, burning, tingling, or pain. Gently wash the site and rinse it with cool water. Gently pat it dry. Apply a thin coating of Abreva and pat it into the sore and the surrounding area. Reapply Abreva up to nine times daily. You need only a small amount, but pat it in completely. Wash your hands each time you reapply.
There are things that trigger the cold sore. Environmental changes in the weather, sun and wind exposure, friction, and stress. Never, never kiss or allow someone to kiss you or a child who has a cold sore. The virus sheds for about three days before you actually get the fever sore. You can spread the infection to other areas of your body, so WASH your hands well, several times daily. Usually, you will not feel well the day before you get the blister. You might feel a bit feverish or achy. These are clues. Get the Abreva and begin application. Take your Tylenol or ibuprofen for the aches. Good luck.

Pros: Easy to obtain
Cons: Expensive and minimally effective.

I have used enough of this stuff to go through multiple tubes. If it works at all, its barely enough to make it worth the price. I don't feel its good enough to market a product that might cut a day or two off the healing time and market it for a premium. Read the clinical trials. This stuff is damn expensive and barely if at all effective.

Pros: Gives a slight feeling of well-being, because this is supposedly the best OTC treatment.
Cons: Does not seem to do anything except taste and smell like medicine. Too expensive.

Abreva doesn't do much, if anything.

Many nights I've felt the telltale tingling of a cold sore forming, and so I slather the area with Abreva, hoping that I won't wake up in the morning with a massive cold sore.

But, alas, it usually fails and I solemnly stare in the mirror the next morning at my swollen throbbing lip and the mass of bubbles, wanting to take a pair of pliers and a lighter to it.

At other times, when I've had no Abreva, I might wake up with something minuscule, that after the swelling reduces, is completely unnoticeable.

I think if the cold sore is going to be bad, Abreva isn't going to change that. It "may" reduce the severity slightly, but honestly I can't tell the difference, and it is too expensive for such a pitifully small tube.

But anyone who suffers from cold sores knows that you'll do anything that has a chance of lessening an outbreak, so I keep buying this rubbish.

I'm planning on getting a prescription for an antiviral pill like acyclovir or valacyclovir to treat outbreaks. I recommend this to others.

***Beware the positive reviews, the manufacturer wrote them.

Pros: Don't know.
Cons: No Pain Relief as it says in the advertisement, The price is too high.

There is no pain relief like advertised. I would much rather buy the prescription Denavir. It only cuts the cold soar by about a day but it takes care of the pain. and thats a big plus.

Pros: Works. Good sub for script meds.
Cons: Hourly applications. Price. Size of tube.

A bit pricey at anywhere from $14-$21 a tube, but it definitely provides relief and shortens the life span of the cold sore. The only thing I don't like about it for me personally is that it makes the sore kind of scab over (usually during the 3rd night when I sleep and can't keep up applications), and this makes the sore more noticeable. The best treatment is Famvir, 500mg tabs, 3x daily for first day, then 2x daily for second day then 1x daily for 2 final days. I don't have a standing script for Famvir and it's expensive without insurance, so I settle for Abreva most of the time. I love it.