The Herpes Zone - Herpes Creams Are Prescription Items

If you are searching for herpes creams, then you should be looking at these popular herpes creams - Zovirax cream, Aciclovir cream and Virsorb cream.

All these herpes creams contained the same active ingredient 'acyclovir' ( or spelled as aciclovir ) - which is an antiviral medicine for treating herpes simplex virus infections. Acyclovir is active in stopping the herpes simplex virus from multiplying and infecting more cells.

Acyclovir types of herpes creams are basically designed to treat herpes simplex infections ( cold sores ). It is not recommended for genital herpes.Results have shown that these herpes creams are most effective if used on the first signs of any recurrent cold sores.

The acyclovir based herpes creams are not recommended for people whose immune systems have decreased, example people with AIDs or people who recently have a bone marrow transplant. Pregnant mothers should avoid it completely.

There are also side effects with using these herpes creams containing acyclovir. These include:

- skin dying up at the area of application

- itching at the area of application

- burning sensation at the area of application

- flushing at the skin

- allergic inflammation of the skin

Experts strongly advise against using any kind of topical herpes cream as this can suppress the local immunity and may worsen your outbreaks significantly.

In contrast, pure and natural essential oils formula have the proven ability to penetrate into the cell membranes and inactivate the herpes virus where it resides: in the DNA.

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Successful Completion Of Phase 2b Study In Herpes Labialis (Medical News Today)
NanoBio Corporation reports that its randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled 2b study of NB-001, a topical lotion to treat Herpes labialis (cold sores), met its primary and secondary endpoints by demonstrating clear efficacy and safety in 482 patients. NanoBio's uniquely formulated lotion resulted in faster healing of cold sores, at a rate never seen before by a topical product.