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Dry And Swollen Lips With Cracks After Applying Abreeva For Cold Sores. No Help From Acyclovir And Nystatin Ointment. Remedy?
Three weeks ago I developed two clod sores. I applied Abreeva for two weeks and they went away, but since the I have developed dry and swollen lips with cracks.My doctor gave me a prescription for,Acyclovir, which I have used two aday for a week with no results. She wrote me another prescription for Nystatin Ointment for my lips with no results. My lips are still cracked and dry.
Wed, 14 Aug 2013
Hello.use a moisteriser regularly in the morning and saline compressors in the night along with diprovate-g ointment can cure it
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