User Reviews for lysine

L lysine (500mg/day) has helped me immensely with symptoms of anxiety and ptsd. It has helped me feel more upbeat and outgoing and social and has also given me more of a sense of physical well being.

As preventive to cold sores. Controling lysine and arginine rich food intake also helps. To prevent cold sore outbreaks arginine should never be consumed in excess to lysine. Cutting seeds, nuts, chocolate, etc. also helps because they have a lot of arginine. So l-lysine suplement helps to balance daily intake. 1000 mg is the correct daily dose for most people according to body weight. More than 1000 mg daily should be taken only if necessary and for little time.

Don't think it made any difference at all for the HSV, but for topical infections/acne, it has been extremely helpful. Chronic acne and infection from diabetes weakened immune system, and now it's more like a few normal pimples instead of big throbbing painful oozing things and having them all over all the time.

I believe this helps for depression. I have been taking this supplement for at least 20 years and have noticed mood elevation when I do take 4-5 thousand milligrams a day. I used to cry more when I didnt take it but now that I have aged more I notice more anger and frustration when I dont take it. Its a much more balanced quality of life for me when I take this supplement.

I START TAKING THIS AS SOON AS I FEEL THE TINGLE OF A COLD SORE 9 OUT OF 10 TIMES IT NEVER FULLY DEVELOPS. IF THE SORE GETS A START (BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY TO TAKE RIGHT AWAY) THIS RELIEVES THE SEVERITY AND LENGTH.

Works every time I have feeling of cold sore coming on. Take 1000 units and it works like a charm. Never get one. Also don't eat nuts.

I can sleep!

I checked other for the reason, but in the 1990's I started taking a daily dose of L-Lysine for canker sores at the suggestion of a friend. I was getting them, frequently. The doctors said they were caused by stress. I also had IBS, which my doctor said was also caused by stress. I have not had a canker sore or IBS since the 90's. I take 1000 mg of L-Lysine every morning with breakfast. I have seen a lot of people that had success using it for canker sores, but I haven't seen anybody mention IBS.Read More Read Less

I always hit my cold sores with l lysine. I also got shingles and used it for that too. I hardly got any shingles sores after I started taking it.

I had cold sores on my lips and around my mouth. They were no longer tingling and looked more healed after 2 days on the treatment.

anyone who takes L Lysine daily, dosage not so much of an issue, will not get cold sores anymore. it worked like magic for me.

I dealt with horrible cold sores for many years on my lower lip. Some were very inflamed, painful and puffed up. This was extremely embarrassing when around coworkers especially after the TIME magazine article titled "The New Scarlett Letter" published in 1982. No longer was it a simple cold sore since it became an STD called Herpes. This was the center of conversation on the late night TV shows. My dentist gave me a prescription for Denavir (Penciclovir Cream) which worked extremely well but at a cost of about $50 for a 2g tube (about 1 tsp). Denavir did not decrease the incidence but it did lessen the severity IF I applied it at the first tingling sensation. I have since discovered the L-Lysine treatment and I have not had a serious outbreak for the past five years. At the most I have one or two possible outbreak per year. I call them possible because taking Lysine 1000 mg 3 times a day for three days prevents it from developing fully so it could have been just a cracked dry lip.Read More Read Less

I use it for Diabetes and for cold sores.

I am 49 y/o and I have had cold sore outbreaks ever since my beloved mother gave me a kiss on the mouth when she had a cold sore outbreak when I was 16 years old. Three weeks later I got my first cold sore and I've had them every winter ever since. Winter 2015 I finally figured out that my outbreaks were due to the cold snaps we get living in Florida. I realized that when it starts to get cold (below 50°) my lips will start to feel like a prune and NO amount of lip moisturizing helps. I finally realized it was the cold snaps that was changing my pH balance and breaking me out in cold sores . It took me till I was literally this age of 49 to figure this out . I just figured cold Soares was something I would have to live through every winter which I have until 2015. During the summer when I never have outbreaks because my lips are moist I started taking small doses of lysing (500 mg) and also for the first time started taking biotin for "hair skin and nails" (one maximum dosage daily tablet 10k mcg). I took these two over-the-counter medicines religiously every day starting September 2016... Just before the cold season hit . I do not take them during the spring and summer because I don't breakout. Whenever the cold snaps DID occur I IMMEDIATELY UP my l-lysine to 3x a day ... Usually blended into my smoothies so I couldn't taste it at all... 1000 mg (yup!) each serving... morning noon night . Sometimes I even did it four times a day. (I got this 3k - 4k MG dosage idea from a holistic website). When the cold snap ended I DROPPED the dosage of l-lysine (any brand you want) to normal 500 mg. Also Biotene is taken every day year-round with my regular vitamin supplements . If I felt like it during a cold snap I might take biotin morning and night with my l-lysine smoothie :) Lip moisturizers don't keep you from breaking out. This is my second year and I have had ZERO outbreaks it's awesome. Finally!!!!! L lysine and biotin. Read More Read Less

I use super lysine+ for many years. I only take when I feel the start of a ocld sore. I take 3 pils 3x day. Often it never erupts, but even if it does, it doesn't last nearly as long as if I don't take. If I don't take till after eruption it seriously decreases the eruption time and severity. I don't take when no issues. I've recommended to friends, and they have also had similar results.

I have taken L-Lysine for years at the onset of the tingling of herpes (simplex or shingles) and it works like a charm. 1000 mg every hours.With the shingles I also added b complex, vitamin c (1000mg) and VSC by Natures Sunshine. Shingles outbreak minimal, lasted less than 2 weeks, no residual pain, skin staining etc.

I always have cold sores on my lips every year, after taking Lysine, my cold sore was gone since then, it's been more than a year now. Thanks God.

When I have a breakout I used up 3000mg a day until no longer active meaning no more itching. I also use the Super Lysine ointment which works well. Best Brand is Quantum all others have too many other ingredients and don't work. I avoid breakouts I should take 500mg/day but tend to forget.