Oral herpes treatment over the counter are becoming very popular lately because they can be easily acquired. You don’t need a prescription for an oral herpes treatment over the counter instead you can simply buy them in local drug store, health supplement store, any online medicine products related store or often directly from a manufacturer.

Oral herpes manifests in form of itching, burning, redness, blisters and sores (cold sores).

Most of the oral herpes treatments over the counter reviewed by our contributors contain anesthetic or numbing agents which basically limit the pain and discomfort caused by cold sores. In our opinion, there are some OTC remedies for oral herpes that can only worsen the symptoms because they are simply inappropriate or inactive. If you don’t want to consult your doctor before using any kind of oral herpes treatment over the counter, at least take some time to inform yourself about the product.

FDA has released a very strict list of ingredients that cannot be included as active agents in oral herpes medicine. Still, there are some ingredients from that list that can be used successfully in oral herpes treatment over the counter. Still, there is no scientific proof that those ingredients are truly helpful against oral herpes.

Here is the list of main ingredients of oral herpes treatment over the counter. Note that this list represents only the most commonly found ingredients used in OTC treatment of oral herpes.

  • Benzocaine
  • Lidocaine
  • Menthol
  • Camphor
  • Benzyl Alcohol
  • Phenol
  • Lanolin
  • Allatoin
  • Petrolatum
  • Salicylic Acid
  • Benzalkonium chloride
  • Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
  • Zinc oxide
  • Chemical sunscreens

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