Tribal Elders Gloria Ingle Rilatos and Elaine Jackson Rilatos teach Madison
Blacketer and Trinity' Blacketer the ring and pin game at the Lincoln City’ Head
Start Family Fun Night.
Courtesy photos
Tribal Whip Woman Shirley Walker teaches Tenaya Cordova how to make a
dentalium necklace at the Lincoln City Head Start Family Fun Night.
Family Fun Night helps children learn about American Indian cultures
By Tiffany Stuart, Head Start Teacher
The Lincoln City Head Start was busy
learning about American Indian cultures at
the Family Fun Night on Nov. 8. Families
played the moccasin game, made and
played the ring and pin game, made a
dentalium necklace and enjoyed popcorn
and water.
Thank you to the parents for donat
ing items for the night. Thank you to the
volunteers — Tribal Whip Woman Shirley
tor for Tribal Head Start; Tribal member
Tim Stuart; and teachers Rena Philbrook
and Tony Blomstrom.
The staff looks forward to the next
Family Fun Night.
Walker; Tribal Elders Gloria Ingle Rilatos
and Elaine Jackson Rilatos; Lori Jay-
Linstrom, parent involvement coordina-
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Tooth Talk: Cold sores and OTC products to treat and maybe prevent them
By Mary Ellen Volansky, EPDH. MS
This continuation on the subject of
cold sores and their treatments, a topic
begun last month, was more difficult.
With so many products, articles and
advertisements to be considered, 1 found
it troublesome to sort them all out.
The topic this month was only for
over-the-counter (OTC) treatments. Nar
rowing my search made it manageable;
the few products with the most informa
tion are presented below. 1 hope this is
helpful and healing for you.
SuperLysine Plus* cream study1:
The subject pool for one study was small,
15 men and 15 women with histories
of cold sores. During the study, the 30
subjects had the following symptoms —
tingling, itching, burning, tenderness,
prickling, soreness, bump/swelling, small
blister(s), oozing blisters and crusting.
The subjects kept a daily journal and
were photographed (courage, those folks).
Results: “This product produced a ‘cure’
... in 40 percent of the study participants
by the end of the third day and in 87 per
cent of the participants by the end of the
sixth day. All lesions were cured by day
11.” It appears that cold sores can last up
to 21 days.
This study on SuperLysine Plus+
cream was funded by Quantum, Inc. of
Eugene, Ore., the maker of SuperLysine
Plus+ cream. The study was not done
by Quantum. It was conducted by the
Southern California University of Health
Sciences Research Division.
The study was of a small sampling
with no control group (those with the
same symptoms who did not use any
product). These are aspects of research
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that raise questions about the value of
the outcomes.
The researchers were open enough
to say, "A larger, heterogeneous, double
blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial
is necessary in order to definitively deter
mine the efficacy of this product.” So this
research appears hopeful and questionable
at the same time.
SuperLysine Plus+ cream can be pur
chased at Amazon.com for $11.88 for a
.75 ounce tube.
The “Plus+” aspect of this lysine
cream includes zinc oxide; lithium car
bonate 3X; propolis extract; calendula
flower extract; echinacea flower extract;
goldenseal extract; vitamins A, D and E in
a natural olive oil base; yellow beeswax;
cajuput oil; tea tree oil; gum benzoin
tincture; and honey.
The use of zinc to prevent or improve
healing came up a few times, so it makes
sense that it's included in a cold sore treat
ment product.
Viroxyn: This product is ... expen
sive. Just how expensive? It’s $42.95
expensive on Amazon.com. At that price,
it should completely do away with cold
sores forever - but it doesn’t.
One study2 with a larger subject group
than the previous study had 180 partici
pants who were divided into three groups.
One group used Abreva, one used Viroxyn
and the third group was the control.
I don t who funded this research,
about randomized subjects (how people
were placed into each group) or if this
control group was a double-blind (no
one knew who was taking or not tak
ing a medicine, not the subjects nor the
researchers).
December 2012
The outcomes where best for Viroxyn,
‘‘eight day reduction in healing time” and
a “loss of discomfort at one hour.” In the
same study, Abreva had a “four day heal
ing reduction in healing time” and a “loss
of discomfort time of three days.”
1 he authors of this research con
cluded that both “offered a significant
reduction in both the time to healing and
time to loss of discomfort. Furthermore,
Viroxyn offered a significant reduction
relative to Abreva." Maybe it is worth the
big bucks?
L-lysine: The university of Maryland
Medical Center listed the following on
this product: “Some studies have found
that taking lysine on a regular basis may
help prevent outbreaks of cold sores
and genital herpes. Lysine has antivi
ral effects by blocking the activity of
arginine, which promotes HSV (herpes
simplex virus) replication.”
The author went on to mention that
some studies had shown a reduction in
severity and duration of an HSV outbreak
and one study showed it did not reduce
symptoms.3
The New York University Langone
Medical Center posted the following on
L-lysine; Most people need about 1 gram
of lysine per day. They offered therapeutic
doses for HSV at 1 gram three times per
day. The research reported on this web
page were of small subject groups and not
large enough to be conclusive.
Overall, I did not find much research
has been completed on the benefits
of L-lysine. My recommendation for
L-lysine, or any health care product, is to
be sure of a product’s safety and expected
benefits for you as an individual.
You might consider the following
questions: Are you healthy? Does your
immune system work? Are you sure what
you have is a cold sore? Have you checked
with your health care provider?
Here’s one more product, lemon
balm.4 A research “study in Germany
showed lemon balm cream proved to
promote healing of blisters in five days
compared to 10 days in the control group.
Used regularly, lemon balm cream may
decrease the frequency of recurrences.”
Research continues on the treatment
of cold sores. One study in the Journal of
Drugs in Dermatology for 2012 tested the
use of a “nanoemulsion of an antiviral.”5
Researchers took an antiviral medi
cine and put it into a liquid capable of
getting into or under our skin to reach the
virus inside our lip or other tissues. The
healing times were not as grand as those
made for the products listed above. So I
doubt we will see this product, as an OTC
or prescription product, anytime soon.
May your holidays be bright, safe and
cold sore-free.
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Safety and Effectiveness of an L-Lysine, Zinc,
and Herbai-Based Product on the Treatment
of Facial and Circumoral Herpes; Alternative
Medicine Review, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2005, p.
123-126
Abstract: Treatment of herpes labialis: com
parison of two OTC drugs and untreated con
trols; McCarthy JP, Browning WD, Teerlink
C, Veit G; Journal of Esthet Restor Dent 2012
Apr; 24(2): 103-9
umm.edu/altmed/articles/lysine-000312.htm
altmedicine.about.com/cs/suppllements/a/
ColdSores.htm
Treatment with a novel topical nanoemulsion
(NB-001) speeds time to healing of recurrent
cold sores. J Drugs Dermatol 2012 Aug;
1l(8):970-7