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First OTC Medicine To Combine Proven Age-Old Remedy
and Patented 21st Century Technology
Now Available Nationwide
Oral Medicated Patch Delivers Fast, Targeted Pain Relief and Healing
BELLEVUE, Wash. (June 1, 2005) There is new hope for the 50 million Americans who suffer regularly from painful recurrent canker sores. Orahealth USA, Inc., a privately held company specializing in over-the-counter canker sore and mouth ulcer medications, today announced the nationwide availability of Cankermelts Natural-GX. The first treatment to combine a patented time-release oral medicated patch with the traditional clinically proven remedy glycyrrhiza (licorice) extract, Cankermelts delivers fast, targeted pain relief and speeds healing without numbing or mess.
An underreported - yet serious - oral health condition, painful mouth ulcers such as canker sores can develop for a variety of reasons including genetic predisposition, psychological stress, diet, and oral lacerations that occur from biting or braces. A recent study published in the journal Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology showed that for most people with recurrent canker sores, complex glycyrrhiza extract (licorice root) delivered in an oral topical time-release patch, (Cankermelts Natural-GX) held in constant or frequent contact with a new ulcer for at least 16 hours per day provides fast pain relief and speeds healing to between one and three days for typical sores.
“These results are remarkable considering the typical healing time for mouth ulcers is between seven to 14 days,” said Peter van der Ven, D.M.D, University of Washington Medical Center. “Equally as impressive, patients using the glycyrrhiza oral patch reported that the discs started relieving pain within minutes and continued to do so as long as they were in place.”
Cankermelts Natural-GX is the only medicated patch that uses the age-old remedy glycyrrhiza extract, which comes from the root of the licorice plant. Licorice continues to be one of the most important herbs in traditional Chinese medicine and has been used in the west as a canker sore treatment since Roman times.
According to Jeff Haley, founder and chief science officer of Orahealth USA, Inc. and lifelong canker sore sufferer, Cankermelts’ patented delivery system ensures that the medicated disc – slightly smaller than a dime – adheres inside the mouth on or near the sore without impeding normal functions such as talking, chewing and swallowing.
“The goals of any mouth ulcer treatment are to relieve pain and speed healing,” said Haley. “Cankermelts discs naturally dissolve over two to six hours and continuously deliver medicine that promotes healing and provides targeted pain relief without the unpleasant taste or numbing sensation associated with traditional liquids and gels.”
Cankermelts Natural-GX is available nationwide on various internet sites including amazon.com, drugstore.com and dentist.net and in retail stores including Bartell Drugs, Drug Fair, Happy Harry’s, Kerr Drug, Longs Drugs, and numerous smaller chains and independent drug stores across the country. The product has a suggested retail price of under $8 for a package of 12 discs, and under $11 for a package of 18 discs.
For more information visit www.orahealth.com.
About Orahealth USA, Inc.
Orahealth USA, Inc., a privately-held company specializing in over-the-counter canker sore and mouth ulcer medications, is committed to providing the most effective treatments for the more than 50 million sufferers nationwide. Orahealth founder and chief scientist Jeff Haley, a lifelong canker sore sufferer, searched for a satisfactory remedy until he decided to take matters into his own hands. In 2002, he returned to his roots as a scientist, chemist and engineer, combined this with his experience as a patent attorney helping other inventors, and created the company’s first product called Cankermelts Natural-GX . Cankermelts is the only canker sore treatment to use the traditional herbal medicine glycyrrhiza extract (licorice) and an exclusive patented time-release oral medicated patch to deliver guaranteed fast, pinpoint pain relief and healing without numbing. Based in Bellevue, Washington, Orahealth is a center of innovation for the treatment of canker sores and other ordinary mouth ulcers including denture sores and cuts from braces or biting your lip or cheek.
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