Oral Herpes Treatment

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Although there is no herpes cure, there are various herpes medications available that can ease the discomfort of your oral herpes symptoms and shorten the length of the herpes outbreak. Treatment of oral herpes lesions can be divided into two categories:

• non-specific treatments aimed at reducing symptoms of oral herpes lesions
• specific antiviral therapies meant to hasten lesion healing or prevent recurrences.

Antiviral oral herpes treatment

Oral acyclovir (Zovirax) or the recently developed drugs, valacyclovir (Valtrex) or famciclovir (Famvir), lessen the symptoms and frequency of fever blister recurrences. These drugs prevent oral herpes from multiplying and are effective when taken in pill form prior to an outbreak of the herpes virus. Topical antiviral creams containing acyclovir (Zovirax) or penciclovir (Denavir) may also help in limiting the extent or duration of lesions if applied promptly to damaged areas.

See also genital herpes treatment information.