User Reviews for lysine

one 500 tablet at first sign of sensitivity on lip. dentist recomended this years ago. take 2 a day--am-pm--until soreness and breakout is cleared. never had a side effect.

If I take this daily I have no cold sores

I experience Cold Sores at least once a year and once I detect the first signs, I take 1 supplement once a day along with direct pain relief gel. It's effective although I wish it worked faster, because my sores get big and ugly fast.

LYSINE WORKS LIKE A DREAM! I have suffered from cold sores since i was a litte girl. i've tried every remedy under the sun. i havent had an outbreak for close to 4 years until this weekend when i felt that dreaded tingling sensation on my lips. I googled treatments and raead that lysine could help. wat an understatement- lysine literally stopped the sore in it's tracks. POOF GONE- thank God for this miracle vitamin- i will swear by it now.

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?

I used to get canker sores in my mouth all the time. About 20 years ago a chirpractor recommended I take 1000 mg of L-Lysine ervy waking hours for 2 days when I have sores or feel they are coming on. This works everytime and has worked for every friend I have ever recommended this to.

I've gotten cold sore my whole lifewhen I was young It was bad at times lips, eyes, nose. I was never told Lysine worked but.now I am older I take 500mg daily and up it to 1000mg if not more depending on outbreaks I've been using L-Lysine for few years now, It does keep the blisters from becoming huge and ugly It really does work!

I took lysine for mouth ulcers, relieves the pain very well. Developed some rib and chest aching after taking for about 2 weeks, wondered if anyone else had these s/s. Haven't needed my acid reflux meds lately.

I started taking 500 mg tablets twice a day about 10 years ago and then increased to 1000 mg twice a day about 3 years ago and the Lysine seems to keep the cold sores away most of the time. I still get them occasionally whenever eating a lot of nuts, being in the sun a lot or being stressed. I highly recommend taking L-Lysine and have never experienced stomach upset or any other adverse effects.

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.

I used Valtrex for years which was no help at all for my herpes in fact it seemed to increase my outbreaks. I started using L-Lysine and have reduced my outbreaks to almost nothing by taking 2000MG per day. If I get an outbreak I take upto 4000mg and it seemes to heal faster then ever and with much less pain. I think this stuff is a miracle drug! The pills are huge so that makes it tough to swallow but after a while you get used to it and it's worth not having an outbreak or shortening the outbreak cycle. Read More Read Less

after asking a nurse how I could prevent those nasty little blisters in the corner of my mouth, she said 'get some L-Lysine'. I did and it worked, later applied to outbreak of fever blisters, or cold sores on my lips. The very moment I felt one starting, I took lysine and it would kill it. But if you wait too long to use it, it's not near as effective. I have Sjogrens Syndrome where I get ulcers inside my mouth and on my tongue. Taking Lysine soon enough will ward off this painful condition or make it go away. I've also been carrying with me, Lysine ointment to soften and soothe lips. I can't stress enough the fact that L-Lysine is wonderful! There are two strengths, 500 and 1000. I quit messing with the lower dose. Lysine also helps to relieve skin conditions, itchiness and rashes.Read More Read Less

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My 1st time using this product, i rubbed this herpetrol onto my lip & hours later, i had to go to the bathroom,felt light headed like i was high & my heart was beating fast. i almost was going to call my husband up to take me to the hospital but decided to wait it out & i did. Definetly not happy with this product. Everybodys body reacts different, mine sure did react. I will not buy this again. I spent 7 bucks on it & i was just not happy.

I use to get 3-4 cold sores a year. Doesn't sound like much but when you get them they really suck. My loser doctor prescribed Valtrex at $5/pill. Insurance covered 70% of the cost but they did nothing. I was instructed to take 1 valtrex if I felt a cold sore coming on, slight tingling in the corner of my mouth. Same spot every time. Weird. Anyway, I would take the $5 pill and then again 12 hours later (another $5) and I would wake up with a cold sore every damn time. I did this for about a year with absolutely no success. I read on here about L-Lystine. So I tried it. When I felt a cold sore coming on I would take a pill, 1000mg. about $.12 ea. 99% of the time the tinging went away within 12 hours and now I might get a cold sore every 18-24 months (usually when I am really stressed out) it's 1/4 of the size if it comes out at all and is completely gone within 1-2 days. Amazing! I don't take Lystine daily for fear of building up an immunity. And I think it would bother my stomach. I only take it when I feel like I might get a cold sore. Like I said, this method works 99.9% of the time. I'm still pissed at my doctor for not mentioning Lystine.Read More Read Less

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