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A member asked:
So will neosporin help the scab on the cold sore heal? it is toward the end of the cold sore. i just really would like it to go away by tomorrow
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Cold sore: neosporin may help a secondary infection heal but it will not anything about the virus that caused the cold sore.
Answered 3/22/2017
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