Anyone Use Abreva for Their Fever Blisters?

The fever blisters are usually viral in origin. Have you tried Lysine? It is an essential amino acid and it is a fairly potent anti-viral:
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/lysine-000312.htm

While that article suggests that we should be able to get the lysine we need from foods,
there is research that is showing that many foods no longer have the level of nutrients that they had in the past (depleted soil which impacts all food forms).

I have issues with alot of viruses - once you get some of these, they never leave you and stress is most often the trigger for the outbreaks. So, I take Lysine daily along with a range of amino acids. This helps tremendously and if I do get a cold sore due to too much stress, it clears quickly. I also found a lip gel that has lysine as the active ingredient - they're cleared in less than two days.

You also might look at your diet and see if it is maybe naturally low in lysine -
good sources of lysine are foods rich in protein, including meat (specifically red meat, pork, and poultry), cheese (particularly parmesan), certain fish (such as cod and sardines), nuts, eggs, soybeans (particularly tofu, isolated soy protein, and defatted soybean flour), spirulina, and fenugreek seed.

Also, arginine is another amino acid and it balances lysine, so if your diet is too high in arginine that could be depleting your lysine. Here's a list of some foods high in arginine:
http://www.nutritiondata.com/foods-000089000000000000000....
Lots of shellfish are very high in arginine and it's mostly high protein foods, which may well be why I need the extra lysine as I eat a high protein/low carb diet.

I have used it several times. It did not do what I thought it would either BUT I still bought it because of the way it numbs my lip. Takes away the pain and that's great for me. I have seen several posts from people who use the Lysine and I may try that the next time.

I have tried it, & I think it makes mine worse. You can go to the Dr. & get a prescription. Take it at the first sign, & you have no issues.

Abreva has always worked for me. I use it as soon as I feel a fever blister starting and the symptoms usually go away within a day. The key is to use Abreva as soon as you can when the outbreak starts. I hope this helps.

Hi...I agree with BOTH the other two postings. I never had a fever blister in my life until just a few years ago, I get maybe one a year, and the Abreva does work for me. It cuts down on the severity of the blister and the healing time. You have to get it on as soon as you feel the tingle on your lip. It stops the blister from turning into a huge erruption on your lip. My daughter gets fever blisters every now and then and uses the Abreva, too.

Also, my sister has had fever blisters her entire life and swears by the Lysine treatment. She takes a Lysine supplement every day, more when or if she gets a blister, which she also treats with the Lysine.

Good Luck!

S.