Abreva Cold Sore/Fever Blister Treatment, .07-Ounce Tube

Abreva is the only non-prescription cold sore medicine approved by the FDA.

What is Abreva?
Abreva is the only non-prescription cold sore medicine FDA approved to shorten healing time and duration of symptoms. That's why it's the number one Pharmacist recommended cold sore medication.

While other products just soothe, Abreva goes deep in the skin to help heal cold sores from the inside out...Fast! Abreva is available in two formats; a convenient tube to keep Abreva ever-ready at home, and now a new easy-to-use pump for a clean and easy application on the go.

When Should I Use Abreva?
Start applying Abreva the moment you feel a cold sore coming on, when you feel that tingle, itch and/or burning sensation. If you miss the tingle stage, start using Abreva as soon as you can, and apply it five times a day until your cold sore is healed.

How Does Abreva Work?
Abreva contains 10 percent Docosanol, a unique patented active ingredient that helps protect healthy cells from the cold sore virus. As Abreva helps the healthy cells defend the cold sore virus, the virus has a difficult time infecting more and more cells. This means cold sores heal faster and symptoms don't last as long.

Why Use Abreva?
Other cold sore treatments only relieve symptoms, so they can't match the healing power of Abreva. Just check out the interactive demo to see the Abreva difference.

Plus, Abreva offers a Money-Back Guaranteee. If you aren't completely satisfied for any reason, save your receipt and remaining product, and call 1-877-709-3539 to receive a full refund.

Comparison Chart of Cold Sore Medications

Customer Rating:
Summary: Abreva works great
Comment: Abreva works great on cold sores. If you can apply when the first sensation starts, an outbreak can sometimes be avoided.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Seems to work, with a little help from Releev
Comment: I got my cold sore, Wednesday, 730am, and by the time I detected it, it was too late. It was already forming into a large blister on the left side of my bottom lip.

I put on Abreva about every 2-3 hours throughout the day, and the blister didn't seem to infect any more areas (which is good), but the blister did seem to grow outwardly, filling with "something". I thought if I went to bed, it'd be dried up in the morning. Low and behold, I wake up at 930am the next day, and the blister had turn white and looked HORRIBLE. I panicked, broke out my bottle of Releev (which I used in the past, didn't seem to speed things up, but dries the coldsore like nothing else) and put it on.

Like 10 minutes later, I looked in the mirror, and the blister had popped! I soaked it up, there was a small lesion left over, but it looked great! Now I have a small scab on my lip, which is way better than what it looked like before.

All in all, it seems that the Abreva was a good call on stopping the virus from infecting other cells, and then when all there was left was the main blister, the Releev took over to dry the stuff up and safely break the blister for me.

Now I'm just using the Releev to finish the job up, and hopefully, that'll be it.

A 2 day coldsore...I can "almost" live with that.

Customer Rating:
Summary: It works!
Comment: Heals cold scores quickly and even stops them from fully forming if applied early on.

Customer Rating:
Summary: not sure if it helps
Comment: My cold sores are rare and pop up without any tingling. Once it pops up...not much you can do or abreva. I find regular toothpaste helping better than this.Abreva does not relieve pain either.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Better than prescription
Comment: I've been dealing with cold sores as long as I can remember and am always on the look out for any product that will help me battle them. I've tried just about every product generally available, and some prescription drugs. In the end, Abreva has always worked best for me. I always keep two tubes on hand. One tube is usually enough to make it through one breakout - sometimes I need around 1-1/2. It stops me from breaking out if I apply when I feel the "tingle", and is usually resolved fairly quickly so I don't have to use a lot. If I apply after a sore breaks out, the Abreva seems to pull the pus out of the sores faster so the sore can dry out and heal faster (other products just seem to fill the sores more and it never goes away).

The only thing I can think of to improve on this product is if they could make a way to make the gel clear/less noticeable. It's a bit of a hassle when you need to use this product and you have to present yourself in public places because there will inevitably (at least for me) be some evidence of having some weird white paste slathered all over your mouth... but I suppose it's always more noticeable when you're the one with the sore than to those who aren't and not really giving it a second thought.

I recommend a try if you have cold sores. It's not a cure-all, but it's the best of what's available.