Abreva cold sore treatment cream reduces the duration of cold sore pain, burning, itching, and tingling while working faster* to shorten cold sore healing time. Abreva cold sore medication can reduce healing time to 4.1 days* when applied at the first sign of a cold sore — a tingle, bump, or itch. Soothing on contact, Abreva with 10% docosanol penetrates deep into the skin to block the cold sore virus from entering skin cells and helps limit the HSV-1 cold sore virus from infecting surrounding skin cells.** Canada’s #1 pharmacist recommended cold sore remedy, Abreva also received the 2020 BrandSpark Most Trusted Award for the sixth year in a row (in the Cold Sore Remedy category). Both the pump and tube versions of Abreva cream use the same formula, and this 2-gram pump offers a clean and easy way to carry Abreva on the go so you’re ready to fight at the first tingle. (* Abreva is clinically proven to reduce the healing time of cold sores to a median of 4.1 days when used at the first sign of a cold sore. An untreated cold sore can last approximately 8 days. ** Based on laboratory studies.)