[Harp-L] Re: cold sores

[SONNYTONE@xxxxxxx]

First and foremost before taking any medication, check with your PCP for  any 
allergic reactions this medication may cause with existing meds you are on,  
or just in general. Herpes (cold sores) are viral and need to be treated  
internally with medication. The old standard was Acyclovir, which could take up  
to 10 days to work. If you are someone like myself who has ever experienced a  
sore on the lip, it always comes back to the same spot, whether you go 2- 3  
years before having another one. I can actually feel it going to the gland in 
my  throat if not caught in time. The most effective medication is Valtrex, 
500mg,  twice a day. My dermatologist will always write me two scripts, one for 
current  and one for as soon as even think it is coming about. High stress can 
usually  cause an outbreak, as can many other reasons. I have been fortunate 
not to get  one in many years, although I still keep my 10 pills of Valtrex 
handy for that  occasion. You can use topical things like Herpicet or any topical 
to dry it up  as your internal meds are handling the virus. There is no cure, 
once you have  herpes in an area, it is always laying dormant, hence the new 
information that a  person can catch genital herpes even if no sore is 
visible. Here's another  staggering statistic, one out of every 4 women have genital 
herpes. So  fellows, and ladies, as men can also be carriers, take precautions 
which should  be standard practice in this day and age. My knowledge comes 
from my own  research and working in the field of addiction and having great 
doctor's  knowledge at my fingertips. If you have been playing a harp while you 
have an  outbreak, as funky as it sounds, I would use a 10% bleach to water 
solution on  it and use a Q tip to get inside the holes. Why take a chance of a 
relapse. 
On another note, just listened to Kim Fields, Great Tone.