No no no no no (Zovirax)

Member Name: LouisaNott

Product:	Zovirax
Date:	03/07/01 (267 review reads)
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Advantages: None really

Disadvantages: Expensive, ineffective

I wouldn't recommend Zovirax to anyone.

Firstly, it's very expensive for what you get, secondly, it doesn't work very well and can actually increase the "disaster area", and thirdly, there are several, far far cheaper, way better alternative treatments.

So here we go...

Zovirax costs about a fiver, and all you get is a massive big box, in which there is a tube of about 2 ml of white "stuff" which you are recommended you spread onto a cold sore. I have forked out this rediculous sum of money, and found that it's a waste of time and effort...because...

My second point is that it doesn't work very well at all. On the several occasions I've responded to the initial tickle with Zovirax, and still got a cold sore. Added to this, I continue to use it, as recommended, and the cold sore area has in the past, increased and spread effectively forming 2 or 3 other cold sores! Not what you expect.

Thirdly, through experimenting as I like to do, I've found several, less costly alternatives which you might like to try in a mad panic to get rid of the disaster...

Solution number 1: Toothpaste.

A lump of toothpaste works very well if you stick it over the sore. Not so good if you're going out mind you. But who would want to with a cold sore anyway!

Solution number 2: Teabags.

I find that when I've made a cuppa, if I sit with the teabag pressed on the cold sore, it soothes it and it decreases in size much much faster.

Solution number 3: Hot tea.

I also find that drinking tea and making it sort of flow over the cold sore (can be messy but worth it) also helps. I think it's the heat and the soothing properties of the tea which help.

Solution number 4: Tea tree oil.

My mother swears by this one, and it does work well. It may taste absolutely awful, but helps to draw out the liquid in the sore, and can actually p
revent it coming up if you catch it in time.

Solution number 5: Surgical spirit.

Keeps the area clean, and does do some good in reducing the swelling.

All in all, better, cheaper and more effective than Zovirax.

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