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Oral Medicated Patch Delivers Fast, Targeted Pain Relief and Healing
BELLEVUE, Wash. (May 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 that Cankermelts-GX is now available at Longs Drugs. The first treatment to combine a patented time-release oral medicated patch with the proven age-old remedy glycyrrhiza (licorice) extract, Cankermelts-GX delivers fast, targeted pain relief and speeds healing without numbing or mess.
“Preliminary trials tested Glycyrrhiza extract delivered as an oral topical, timed-release patch on subjects with newly developed canker sores,” said Michael Martin, DMD, Ph.D, associate professor, Department of Oral Medicine, University of Washington. “Patients using the GX patch on a sore up to 16 hours per day reported healing times between one and three days for 98% of the ulcers treated. These results are remarkable considering the typical healing time for mouth ulcers is between seven to 14 days. 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.”
According to Jeff Haley, founder and chief science officer of Orahealth USA, Inc. and lifelong canker sore sufferer, Cankermelts-GX’s 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 should be to relieve pain and speed healing,” said Haley. “Cankermelts-GX naturally dissolves over two to six hours and continuously delivers medicine that promotes healing and provides targeted pain relief without the unpleasant taste or numbing sensation associated with traditional liquids and gels.”
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-GX. Cankermelts-GX 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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