Will mupirocin help cold sores?

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16 Sep 2009

Mupirocin is an antibacterial so it won't work on cold sores, which is a viral infection.

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bsmorre 17 Jan 2012

For what its worth i had a cold sore the size of a dime last week and after 4 days of mupirocin it almost completely vanished. I have never got rid of a cold sore so quickly.

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