Cheaper Generic ZOVIRAX for coldsores

Sofa_Sogood

Savvy_Sue wrote:

Now come on Sofa, you know the rules, and anything to do with your eyes GET YOURSELF OFF TO THE DOCTOR! Antivirals can be given orally, and that may be what you need!

You mean optician Savvy? I seriously thought I could ask about eyelids.

The itchiness has gone btw, so I think I was just so tired that 'sleep' had caught on my upper eyelid.

Since then, I've broken my temporary specs, a split has appeared down a tooth, and I just feel totally p'd off and run down.

BUT ... the cold sores are only visible up my nose

Sorry for asking too many questions in one post. I do the same with doctors - save up until I have a shopping list.

Delete/part delete the post please S-S.

Sofa_Sogood

What are 'antivirals' Savvy_Sue?

Sofa_Sogood

Sofa_Sogood wrote:

What are 'antivirals' Savvy_Sue?

No matter Savvy_Sue ... I Googled and found this:

http://www.antibioticresistance.org.uk/ARFAQs.nsf/0/05f3fbd444ded42780256caa003aa936?OpenDocument

I'm still reading it, but if that's inappropriate too ... delete as necessary.

Thanks.

Sofa_Sogood

Savvy_Sue wrote:

Now come on Sofa, you know the rules, and anything to do with your eyes GET YOURSELF OFF TO THE DOCTOR! Antivirals can be given orally, and that may be what you need!

And please don't post back to me like I'm a kid Savvy_Sue.

I'm neither blind nor deaf, so the 'shouting' isn't appreciated. Have you lost the smilies?

roswell

surgical spirit for cold sores costs £2 for a big bottle went a cotton bud with it and wipe it one, or the more expensive option is tesco do a zovirax copy for 1/3 the price.

roswell

Oh and old style tip surgical spirit is excelent nail varnish remover.

Savvy_Sue

Sorry sofa, it was late and I was tired, so I was posting a quick reply (as I am again now) without smilies. I didn't mean to give offence, but if you've got something wrong with your eyelid, and you think it might be a coldsore, then I cannot think of anything more appropriate than going to see your GP, whether you like it or not. I'm glad it's feeling a little better, but if it IS the coldsore infection (herpes simplex) and it gets UNDER your eyelid and into your eye, your optician isn't going to be a lot of help.

A coldsore / herpes simplex is a viral infection and Zovirax is an anti-viral treatment, as you've worked out by now. I don't think it's available in tablet form except on prescription, and may not often be prescribed. I hope no-one's contemplating putting surgical spirit on their eyelids or up their noses! It may be good at removing nail varnish but it also rots your guts ... and what else is it removing if you haven't got any nail varnish on?

Sofa_Sogood

Savvy_Sue wrote:

Sorry sofa, it was late and I was tired, so I was posting a quick reply (as I am again now) without smilies. I didn't mean to give offence, but if you've got something wrong with your eyelid, and you think it might be a coldsore, then I cannot think of anything more appropriate than going to see your GP, whether you like it or not. I'm glad it's feeling a little better, but if it IS the coldsore infection (herpes simplex) and it gets UNDER your eyelid and into your eye, your optician isn't going to be a lot of help.

A coldsore / herpes simplex is a viral infection and Zovirax is an anti-viral treatment, as you've worked out by now. I don't think it's available in tablet form except on prescription, and may not often be prescribed. I hope no-one's contemplating putting surgical spirit on their eyelids or up their noses! It may be good at removing nail varnish but it also rots your guts ... and what else is it removing if you haven't got any nail varnish on?

Sue? No need to apologise. I'm sorry too, for acting like the kid I thought I was being treated like.

I can't believe that I took umbrage with you, but it might have been because we were both tired ... and I wondered why you hadn't answered an earlier post, much earlier btw, when I asked if you were ok in another topic

But thanks for clarifying what you meant. I really didn't know what was meant by anti-viral treatment at the time ... but I hoped it was something that could be taken orally, instead of messing about with so many different creams etc.

The optician's might be the answer - my reading specs broke and I used a spare pair. If they contained nickel, then I know why I developed an itchy eye ... I'm allergic to nickel.

I was tempted to apply zovirax and its generic alternative to the eyelid, but not in the eye - simply on the upper-eyelid. As I can't read the instructions on those tiny tubes of zovirax, maybe you'll understand why?

I'm at loggerheads with my doctor, which is why, for the moment, I won't consult them. I'd explain why, but it's fairly private. Nothing as drastic as things that have been mentioned in this topic though.

But I'd never be as daft as to apply surgical spirit. (I'm sure you meant well roswell ... and surgical spirit might have been an alternative to a cold sore that was, for example, on anywhere but my eyes and nose. Thanks for replying though ... I might Google and see what surgical spirit actually does do )

Once again, my apologies Savvy_Sue. I hope we go on to have as much fun as we did when you were planning a hospital bag. But without having to actually plan another hospital bag - for either of us!;))

I'll leave this subject for now ... but hope it doesn't get locked or distracted from more than it has already.

Take care ....

Toothsmith

Please be aware Sofa, that the biggest cause of corneal scarring is herpetic infection.

If you get a scarred cornea you will need a corneal transplant. Or be blind.

If you have a cold sore on your eyelid, don't muck about 'moneysaving'! Get it seen to.

Savvy_Sue

Sofa_Sogood wrote:

I can't believe that I took umbrage with you, but it might have been because we were both tired ... and I wondered why you hadn't answered an earlier post, much earlier btw, when I asked if you were ok in another topic

Whoops, sorry, must have missed that! Any idea WHICH post? I've not been keeping up with everything lately ... Fine but tired most of the time is the answer!

Sofa_Sogood wrote:

The optician's might be the answer - my reading specs broke and I used a spare pair. If they contained nickel, then I know why I developed an itchy eye ... I'm allergic to nickel.

OK, so that might be why. And in that case the optictian might be able to tell you, BUT I still think someone who knows what they're looking for ought to take a look at your eye if it's not settled down! Neither TS nor I want to scare you (much), but I've seen what a full-blown herpes simplex infection can do. I tend to panic when people don't take them seriously. Especially when there is now an effective treatment!

Had a thought: would your local pharmacist be a suitable place to get advise? S/he may of course say "I think you need to see your doctor", and I can understand not wanting to do that, but they are trained (and increasingly advertised) to offer advice on suitable OTC treatments. I don't know whether an allergic reaction would look sufficiently different to a cold sore to be certain, but it could be worth a try.

Sofa_Sogood wrote:

Once again, my apologies Savvy_Sue. I hope we go on to have as much fun as we did when you were planning a hospital bag. But without having to actually plan another hospital bag - for either of us!;))

That was fun, wasn't it? And you know, I got all shopped out then, have hardly bought a thing for myself since! Hmmmm ... :rotfl: