User Reviews for lysine

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.

I take these tablets at the first sign of pain or other evidence that a cold sore may be forming. If taken prior to the formation of the sore, L-Lysine prevents the formation of a sore. If taken after a sore has formed it makes the sore heal more quickly.

I hope I'm not jinxing myself, but I haven't had a cold sore outbreak in years since I started taking lysine on a daily basis. The couple of times I felt like I might be getting one, I increased my dosage and the feeling went away.

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.

It has helped my skin as well as my cold sores. Great>>

I've been having HSV for 35 years. After painful initial outbreak and first couple of years, the symptoms settled down to once or twice a year, despite my top stress job. Last year had a critical turning point in life wich was very difficult emotionally and stressful financially. Then came the Mother of all vicious Outbreaks with non stop pain and discomfort for months. Of course I was very distressed and couldn't function sexually at all. I waited in vain for symptoms to recede and didn't go see an MD because I knew he'd prescribe ineffectual and expensive pharma, so I started taking 1000 mg Lysine (thanks Google) about 30 days ago, every morning with plenty of juice and my usual daily dose 1000 mg vit.C. The symptoms and the pain have now completely gone and I'm back to normal... Will continue taking this therapy for another month or so, for safety, and then I'll reduce Lysine to 500 daily for another month and see what happens. I will of course keep taking my daily vit C as I have been for the past 25 years. I hope this helps someone out there...Read More Read Less

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 just started using Lysine 6 weeks ago. I took a low dosage to help kick the cold sores out if my system. I had been cold sore free for nearly 2 years when an out break started. I literally had one every other week for 6 months. My 2 yr old niece even started pretending she had a sore lip so she couldn't give kisses, it was so often I told her I couldn't kiss her because of it. I took lysine for a month...no cold sores! I ran out of pills so didn't take them for 4 days. In the 4 days I started getting a cold sore. Needless to say, I got to the store as soon as possible to restart taking them. I still have a red mark that's taking a bit to fade, but it never developed into a full blown cold sore. I would highly recommend lysine if you're plagued with constant cold sores! Read More Read Less

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 have been taking L-Lysine for a number of years now. I take 500 mg. a day . If my stress level becomes very high or I become rundown for some reason I may start to feel the tingle (?) on my lips that indicates the start of an eruption I immediately increase the dosage to at least 2000 mg. per day.Last week when I did this the tingle and slight swelling did not increase; by day four it was gone completely,no blisters,no oozing I am reminded of the game Pokémon. The Lysine just kills or gobbles up the virus and I go back to my normal dose. Why aren't the doctors educating their patients about this? I am guessing this would also work on genital herpes. The only time it did not work was when I started too late. Even then the outbreak was less severe and healed faster because of the extra doses. Give it a try people it will change your life. PS I have NO connection to any drug company or store. Read More Read Less

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've been taking Lysine for over 10 years X2 500mg per day. Lysine works by causing the cell walls at the molecular level to become thicker and less impermeable to the virus that needs to feed on the next cell to survive. I never get sick even when four other family members in the house are sicker than dogs. It is also used to prevent or decrease the outbreaks of shingles at the 5000 mg per day dosage.