Wow! My husband brought this home, and Abreva. Abreva always shortened my healing time, but Novitra stopped the progress! I use Novitra whenever I feel a tingle, and I rarely get a sore. If the sore gets started before I get ahold of my Novitra, it prevents the blisters from getting filled with fluid and crusty. They just seem to go down, then away..buh-bye! This is a homeopathic medicine, and if it's not working, it may help to avoid coffee, tea tree and peppermint oils while you're using it.

I get cold sore quite frequently, and thought I'd give this a try. It instantly made my mouth feel like it was on fire. I put it on at the first tingle and woke up with a HUGE outbreak, the largest I'd had since I was 12. I was at day 7 with the sore, at a point it usually should be drying up and on its way out (at least with Abreva), and it was throbbing, swollen, and larger than ever. Needless to say, I finally threw it out and bought Abreva. Best move I ever made! It began healing almost immediately.

Novitra is the best cold sore cream on the market. I have tried Abreva and though it worked. It did not work as fast as Novitra.I started applying it to the cold sore on Sunday morning when I first woke up with it. It is now Wednesday and the sore is almost gone. It has shrunk the blister. The blister never came to a head, never broke. I will always use Novitra and nothing else.

I started getting a cold sore two days ago. My boyfriend stopped on his way home from work and bought me some Novitra. It is the best stuff I have ever used. I LOVE this stuff. My cold sore is already healing. Nothing works better.

This product is AMAZING!! I have been getting cold sores in the same place - between the lower and upper lips whenever I have a cold, sinus infection, etc. NO OTHER product, remedy, prescription EVER took care of it as Novitra has. As soon as I feel that "tingling" sensation, I start applying Novitra....two days later, things always clear up. NOVITRA ROCKS!!!

This stuff is a Godsend! I have often applied Novitra well after the "tingle" stage and had the sore stop dead in its tracks. Yesterday I woke up to an already red swollen sore on my lip. I applied Novitra every hour or so throughout the day. The sore never got bigger, and the blisters never filled with fluid. Overnight was the real test, cold sores like to go crazy during the night. This morning I woke to find it had gotten smaller! I have no doubt that this will be the last day of the sore -- no big burning blisters, no thick painful scab! I have achieved these results multiple times with Novitra. I have never used ANYTHING else with such amazing success. You can even use it even when you don't have a cold sore. If I'm feeling really worn out or stressed, I'll apply it before bed just in case. It has sometimes burned, but it's so worth it. Give it a shot; this one tube has lasted me over a year (compared to that tiny Abreva thing), and it works every time.

Maybe this stuff works at minimizing healing time, but I couldn't use it long enough to find out. The drugstore was out of Abreva, so I bought this stuff instead. I used it at the first sign of a cold sore, but the darn thing developed fully anyway. Every time I applied the cream, it would itch uncontrollably and throb painfully. After two days of diligently dealing with these side effects, I gave up, got myself a tube of Abreva, and felt instant relief. I know zinc helps block cold sores, but they need to work on the formula, because this stuff is unbearable. I'll stick with Abreva from now on--it actually works.

Simply the best Cold Sore cream on the market. I've used many cold sore products and this is the one that actually slows them down and stops them from advancing. Great product!!