Everytime I travel to hot countries I get cold sores. Probably
because I get tired, long plane trips, stress, dry climate almost always makes
herpes virus to flourish on my lips. Sometimes, these nasty things show up when
I catch cold.
In our local pharmacy there are only two alternatives to
cure cold sores: Zovirax and Denavir (Vectavir). The only question is which one
is better? Which heals faster and is safer to use?
An active/healing ingredient (antiviral drug) of Zovirax is
so called aciclovir or acyclovir. Zovirax contains 5% of this material, which
has a lifetime of approximately 3 hours, therefore that is why one needs to
apply the cream on the blister very often.
An active/healing material (antiviral drug) in Denavir
(Vectavir) is Penciclovir. Denavir (Vectavir) contains only 1% of the
Penciclovir and it is claimed that it has a longer lifetime, therefore, it can
be applied to the blister less often as Zovirax.
Lately, I was traveling through Germany and had bought
“Fenistil” (brand name) herpes cream. It contains 10mg/g of “Penciclovir”
component. It healed my lip herpes flawlessly.
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