User Reviews for lysine

Shingles (lysine + vit. B12)

This virus runs in my family, and I have suffered with cold sores for years but since I have taken L-Lysine (over 15 years), I have not experienced any cold sores. I take it every day.

i started taking super lysine for cold sores. after taking the recommended dose for some time, i noticed it reduced my outbreaks down to next to none. I did get lazy once the outbreaks were less frequent and did not take the s-lysine as i was before for about a month and i had another outbreak. i never had one when i was consistent with the lysine.

This is the best treatment I've ever used for cold sores! It heals most of them up in about 3 days. The only downside is that the new bottle I just bought the pills are huge and very hard to swallow.

I was diagnosed with HSV-2 about 4 years ago. In my first year the outbreaks were very frequent, almost consistant and unbearable physically and mentally. then I learned that after the first year or so it comes on less and less, although can still rpesent itself. I could never try the Valtrax b/c it's so expensive, but did Acyclovir instead, which wasn't too much of a help. I just started the Lysine (only 100 mg/day) about a week and a half ago when I had an outbreak coming on, and it subsided within 2 days. I have almost no signs of it now. I would recomend Lysine to a friend, along with good diet, exercise, and "trying" to remain as stress-free as possible. It is manage-able friends, keep the heads up :-)Read More Read Less

I began using Lysine 5 years ago due to a bad outbreak of cold sores. I had suffered cold sores all my life several times a year but this was one of my worst outbreaks and I had tried everything else to heal them, my pharmacist recommended L-Lysine ointment and told me others had said that taking the supplement reduced the outbreaks so I decided to try that too. The next day the ointment had cut the pain by at least 50% and in 3 days the cold sores were gone. In the 5 years I have been taking the Lysine supplement I have not had another cold sore nor have I had a cold, and I have not experienced any side effects at all. I had had 3 or 4 colds every year and numerous outbreaks of cold sores and using Lysine is the only thing I have done different that would have changed this. I told a friend about it as she had the same problem I had and she too has not had another cold sore or cold in the past 3 years and no side effects. I take 500 MG on a daily basis but when I know I have been exposed to a virus I increase the dose to 1000MG. All I can say is that Lysine has worked wonders for me and it doesn't interfer with other medications I take, which are only 2 different ones. It is easy to use and for me very effective.Read More Read Less

No sure if it helped or not?

Makes me relapse. I have epsteinbarr virus and fibromylagia... as far as I know.

I start to take it for cold sore and cleared UTI!!!!!!!

I took two 1000mg tablets twice a day (with meals) for three days and symptoms improved dramatically. Blisters dried and pain/itching subsided considerably. I am going to taper off slowly and try to determine a maintenance/preventive dosage - probably two tabs per day, especially during summer months and stressful times of the year when flare ups become more frequent.

Lysine is so useful for cold sores IF one takes 1000-2000 upon the first sign of a cold sore; however, I did find that I had a side effect of tension and feeling hyper when I took 2,000-4,000 a day for several days in a row.

I bought L-Lysine tablet form cause I was going to have surgery and I felt a cold sore coming on and I wanted to stave it off, well I decided not to swallow the pill but moisten it and place it on my sore, and it worked! Never broke the skin! It's been two days now and my lip is sore, but it isn't showing, no one notices and I barely notice. I'm in LOVE!

I have used L-Lysine for the last 10 years. It speeds up the healing of cold sores (herpes) or even prevents a cold sore if taken early enough.

I HAVE HAD SHINGLES 2 TIMES ,DRS STATE YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE TIME. I USE ABOUT 1000 MG EA. DAY . WITH 2000 MG OF VIT C. USE WITH ROSE HIPS , NO STOMACH UP SET.KEEPS ITCHING DOWN . IT WORKS . THAT IS ONE THING YOU DONT WANT/// BILL HYDE. I ONLY USE REAL STUFF. POWDERS

If I take this daily I have no cold sores

I take 500mg twice daily along with 1000mg Vitamin C....I haven't had any cold sores in months. I am concerned about the side effects. Am I taking too much Lysine daily?

Take Lysine every day with virtually no immune system (1000 mg per day minimum). Before I did this, with no immune system due to HIV, I got many cold sores..relentlessly. If I take 1000 mg per day I hardly ever get cold sores now. Sometimes after taking ibuprofen, I feel one coming on, but 1000-2000 mgs of Lysine with 16-32 oz of water and this usually prevents onset completely. In fact, it often goes away within an hour or two completely.