Cold Sore Treatment - 2g Cream - 5% w/w (2 x Lipsore Cream)

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You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions via the Yellow Card Scheme at www. The results of a wide range of mutagenicity tests in vitro and in vivo indicate that aciclovir does not pose a genetic risk to man. No specific studies of topical aciclovir have been carried out in pregnant women or nursing mothers.

Aciclovir cream is a widely used and effective cold sore medicine however every patient can respond differently to medication.Cold sores (the medical term is known as Herpes Simplex type 1) tend to occur by a number of trigger factors such as exposure to sunlight, stress, colds, and menstruation. The best way to do this is to use it every four hours during the day (suggested times are 7 am, 11 am, 3 pm, 7 pm and 11 pm). Herpes simplex virus or HSV for short is a highly contagious virus that once contracted, usually before the age of 10, lies inactive within the body.

If you suspect that someone has swallowed some of it by accident, contact the accident and emergency department of your local hospital for advice. Egton Medical Information Systems Limited has used all reasonable care in compiling the information but make no warranty as to its accuracy. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.If you use aciclovir cream as soon as your symptoms start then it will reduce the severity and duration of the symptoms. If full healing has still not occurred after 10 days, or if your cold sore becomes very severe, consult your pharmacist. If you are having an operation or dental treatment, tell the person carrying out the treatment which medicines you are using. Two generation studies in mice did not reveal any effect of orally administered aciclovir on fertility. The following dermal drug concentration gradient emerged for both topical and oral aciclovir: stratum corneum> epidermis>dermis.