Abreva Recommended Most By Pharmacists For Cold Sores.(Brief Article)

Virus Weekly November 13, 2001 2001 NOV 13 – (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) — In just eight months on the market, Abreva has earned the No. 1 pharmacist recommended position in the cold sore category.

According to Pharmacy Times magazine, nearly half of the pharmacists surveyed nationwide tell cold sore sufferers, when asked, to use Abreva for cold sores.

Abreva received 45.7% of pharmacist recommendations, ahead of the second most recommended product, which had 9.7% of pharmacist recommendations. Ten products were listed in all. The results of the over-the-counter (OTC) study were published in the October 2001 issue of Pharmacy Times.

Abreva is the only nonprescription cold sore medicine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to shorten the healing time. Abreva’s unique medicine, docosanol 10%, cuts healing time in half (compared with untreated outbreaks) by penetrating the skin to help stop the cold sore virus from invading healthy cells. here cold sore remedies

“There’s finally a product I can recommend to my customers that is clinically proven to heal their cold sores,” said Gary Solomon, RPh, community pharmacist in Orange County, California. “Abreva is a solution that really works for cold sore sufferers, instead of using just a symptom reliever like the other cold sore remedies on the shelf.” New York pharmacist Allen Krassenbaum, RPh, agrees: “I’ve heard a lot of positive accounts from my customers about their experience with Abreva. As a pharmacist, I believe in the product because of how well it works, and I recommend it to the cold sore sufferers that come in to my store.” In clinical trials, Abreva significantly reduced the healing time of patients’ cold sore episodes and the duration of symptoms. These clinical research results were published in the January 2001 issue of Today’s Therapeutic Trends and the August 2001 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. go to web site cold sore remedies

Abreva, a smooth white cream that dries clear and has no medicinal smell or taste, can be used by adults and children 12 and older.

This article was prepared by Virus Weekly editors from staff and other reports.

Street Smart

Oakland Tribune December 4, 2008 | Anonymous The Concord Police Department’s crime prevention show, “Street Smart,” is televised live at 7 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month on Comcast Cable Channel 28 and on Astound Broadband Channel 29.

It also can be viewed online from the city Web site at www.cityofconcord.org.

Hosting tonight’s “Street Smart” are officers Ken Carlson and Beth Long of the Concord Police Department.

Guests on this week’s show include Concord K-9 Officer Heidi Stephenson and Cynthia DeRita, Pet Food Express store manager, who will be discussing an upcoming fundraiser by the Concord Police Department’s K-9 Unit, in conjunction with Pet Food Express and East Bay Animal Rescue & Refuge. K-9 Unit demonstrations, talks about canine safety, and sale of K-9 T-shirts and dog wash coins are all part of the fundraiser set for 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 6, at Pet Food Express, 5404 Ygnacio Valley Road in Clayton Valley Shopping Center, with proceeds benefiting two funds to provide veterinary care and memorial expenses for retired K-9s from the police department. see here pet food express

In addition, Florence Weiss, Concord downtown coordinator, and Virginia Thomas, Todos Santos Business Association president, will be talking about the festive holiday events in Concord. here pet food express

Finally, Concord police Officer James Roberts will discuss drinking and driving during the holiday season, including the objective symptoms of DUIs, the actions taken by the police department to discourage drinking and driving, and the legal consequences for a drinking driver.

Due to circumstances sometimes beyond the control of the “Street Smart” production staff, all listed guests and show topics are subject to change without notice.

“Street Smart” will have its regular segments — exceptional student, ARF adoptable pets and traffic safety tips — plus a “Police History/Trivia” segment.

On the hour-long program, officers also will provide information about how to build safer communities, and will profile the Turtle Creek neighborhood, an area of the city that includes Treat Boulevard, Cowell Road and Ygnacio Valley Road. Crime statistics for the neighborhood for the past six months will be reviewed, along with crime prevention and public safety tips.

On “Concord Cold Case,” the segment dedicated to informing the viewers about unsolved criminal cases in the city, tonight’s show will focus Joel Daniel Cortes, who died after being brutally attacked and stabbed multiple times by three or four subjects Jan. 5, 2007, while walking in the area of Lacey Lane and Tilson Drive, near Cambridge Elementary School in Concord.

Viewers are encouraged to call the phone number given on the show with questions about previous shows.

“Street Smart” is rebroadcast at 8 p.m. every second and fourth Thursday of the month on Comcast Channel 28 and Astound Channel 29. It is also replayed every morning, except Sundays, at 6 a.m., and at 2 and 6 p.m. Saturdays.

Street Smart is produced by the Concord Police Department and made possible by the city of Concord.

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