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Carmex Takes On Cold Sores

New OTC formula deals with appearance and pain.

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By: Christine Esposito

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Carma Laboratories, Inc., the maker of Carmex lip balm products, has rolled out a new Carmex Cold Sore Treatment, the only OTC cold sore treatment that works on contact to block pain and itch with 10% bnzocaine, while also minimizing the appearance of a sore. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), the virus that causes cold sores, infects more than half of the US population by the time they reach their 20s. The majority of these sufferers acknowled...

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