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Will using abreva cause a cold sore?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Don't use any one: Else's medications. New abreva should not cause a cold sore but hopefully will help it.

Dr Pappas and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 1/28/2017

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Can you tell me if i pull a cold sore scab off and put abreva will it spread still?

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I am going through the stages of cold sores. I am not familiar with it.. I am at the point where the skin is a open sore now. Do I put abreva on the open sore? Let it air out? Put something like neosporin ? Basically what do I do with the open sore?

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