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New Treatment that Heals Canker Sores Now Sold in Haggen and TOP Food Stores
BELLEVUE, Washington – A new product is hitting the shelves of all Haggen Food & Pharmacy and TOP Food & Drug stores just in time for the holidays. Orahealth USA is introducing a new treatment that actually heals canker sores. The product is called Cankermelts-GX and is the only over-the-counter medication that heals canker sores in one to four days. Beginning the sixth of December, Cankermelts will be available at all Haggen Food & Pharmacy and TOP Food & Drug stores throughout Washington and Oregon.
"At Haggen, we are always looking to provide our customers with the best products available in the marketplace. Cankermelts-GX contains an ingredient not found in other canker sore remedies giving our customers more choices when looking for relief,” said Cleve Schwenke, Director of Pharmacy for Haggen, Inc.
Canker sores are often induced by stress -- a common bi-product of the holidays for most people. In fact, recurrent canker sores afflict 50 million Americans (20 percent of the population).
“As a lifelong canker sore sufferer, I was frustrated that there was nothing on the market that healed the sore,” said Jeff Haley, chief scientist and founder of Orahealth. “Other products just numb the sore or cover it. After two years of research and testing more than 250 different formulas, I developed Cankermelts-GX, which is easy-to-use and the only non-prescription product available that heals canker sores. If you apply Cankermelts immediately at the first sensation of a canker sore, it will be gone before it begins to hurt.”
The active ingredient in Cankermelts is Glycyrrhiza herbal extract (GX). GX has been found in clinical observations and double blind comparisons to shorten healing time to less than four days, typically one day on a new sore. Using any other product or nothing at all, sores usually heal in seven to fourteen days. The product also effectively heals other ordinary mouth ulcers, including denture sores and cuts from braces or biting your lip or cheek.
Cankermelts’ patented delivery system, invented by Haley, is a medicated disc, slightly smaller than a dime, that adheres (within one to two minutes) inside the mouth on or near the sore. As the time-released medicine is delivered, the disc naturally dissolves over two to six hours. Cankermelts can be used comfortably during any activity, including sleeping and exercising, and do not interfere with normal functions, such as swallowing, chewing or talking.
Formed in 2002, Orahealth Corporation is committed to providing the most effective medical treatments for healing and preventing canker sores and other ordinary mouth ulcers, including denture sores and cuts from braces or biting your lip or cheek. The privately-owned company is based in Bellevue, Washington. Cankermelts are also available for sale at Amazon.com, Bartell Drugs, and Hi-School Pharmacies.
Haggen, Inc. operates 32 supermarkets and one stand-alone pharmacy in Washington and Oregon under the Haggen Food & Pharmacy, TOP Food & Drug and Fairhaven Market names. Headquartered in Bellingham, Washington, it is the largest independent grocer and eighth largest private company based in the State of Washington. Haggen, Inc. is listed in the Forbes Private 500.
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