Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Incidence of herpes labialis after use of the preventative intervention · participants with recurrent herpes labialis

Topical aciclovir (short‐term) may leads to lower incidence of herpes labialis after use of the preventative… compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for prevention of herpes simplex labialis (cold sores on the lips) 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.35 [0.13, 0.94]
1 study · 181 participants
Low