User Reviews for lysine

I have suffered from cold sores every year of my life, usually in December...until I found Lysine. Up till this year I have gone three straight years free from cold sores. I slacked this year and didn't take my daily dose of 1000mg and I broke out twice in one month! This is truly a preventative medicine that works like a charm...when you remember to use it. At the onset, I take 2000mg in a day then 1000mg each following day until the sore dries out. I combine this with topical remedies as well and sometimes I can stop the sore dead in it's tracks and keep it barely noticeable.Read More Read Less

I have herpes... I didn't know what to do. Even went into a bit of a deep depression about it. Wondering how this could happen to me. I stumbled across a bottle of lysine my girlfriend had and began to apply. Within three or four days I went from an outbreak to just a few scars then nothing. I can't recall the name as but it comes in a small plastic bottle with a yellow sticker. I hope this helps you.

A friend of mine told me about taking Lysine several years ago for my herpes and it has changed my life. I used to get outbreaks 4-5 times a year. Now I get 1 every couple of years. They are less sever and shorter in duration as well. I take 1000 mg every morning and another 1000mg in the afternoon everyday to prevent outbreaks. When I do get an outbreak I take an additional 1000mg per day.

I train for Ironman triathlons and my immune system gets worked over, so cold sore are always popping up. Then I started taking Lysine daily and haven't had one in approximately one year.

When I first got one, they would pop up every other week! What a nightmare. I take 1000mg pretty much every day. It's easy to find in the drug store, relatively cheap, and I haven't had a real cold sore in almost two years. Whenever redness stars to pop up, I take 2000mg instead, and it's gone in a day.

I have suffered very miserably with cold sores on my lips and face since being kissed as a baby on the forehead by an infected person. Tried everything (eg, gentian violet smeared all over one cheek while a small child isn't an adorable look) but nothing worked. 3/4 times a year social engagements, relationships etc had to be cancelled for 2 to 3 weeks because of an outbreak. Until acyclovir, which however causes lasting redness, nothing worked, until I found lysine. Taking one 500mg lysine tablet a day every day has reduced the number of outbreaks to about one a year, and reduces the extent and invasiveness of outbreaks. Applying powdered lysine (the content of capsules) dry, direct to the cold sore, clears it up, although not as quickly as acyclovir, and is gentler on the surrounding skin. I now find that I only get cold sores if I'm very run down or if I eat a lot of arginine-rich foods (nuts, chocolate) and at the same time neglect to take my daily 500mg lysine capsule. Can't understand why this isn't more widely known. Read More Read Less

I have suffered with cankers sores for so many years and tried everything, this at least keeps them under control

take a 1000mg every 6 hours canker sores wont hurt and seems to heal faster

I have had Herpes since I was 17 years old. I found Lysine about 20 years ago and take it daily. I have only 1 outbreak per year which lasts 4 days or so. Definitely makes a difference. When I am going on a trip or have something stressful coming up I will take an additional dose. Seems to prevent an outbreak. JFYI....I noticed a huge difference in the number of outbreaks when I stopped wearing any tight undergarment. Not sure why, but truly makes a difference.

I have had this condition for about 9 years, and discovered the lysine pills about 5 years ago. They work great! I take 500 mg every morning for suppresion. Since the pills are so large i always take them with a thicker liquid like a smoothie or V8 juice, and that works awesome. The only time i ever feel an outbreak come on, is when i have forgotten to take the lysine. I highly reccomend this! Its such a lifesaver.

I started taking 1000mg of L-Lysine 2-3 times daily. When I have a herpes blister outbreak I take the vitamin 3 times a day with meals I've noticed since taking the vitamin that when having an outbreak it goes away within 3 days compared to the 7-10 it would usually take.

After almost 20 years of using Valtrex to reduce the outbreak length I recently tried Lycine and was shocked and how much better it worked than the prescription alternative. Not only was the outbreak nice and short but the flu like symptoms were 90% reduced and I had the energy to carry on my normal life.

Used for white sores on the back of my throat which I seem to acquire ever winter. Works very well to clear my throat while other treatments were less effective.

Anytime I've felt the burning or annoyance of a cold sore coming, I take 2, 1000mg tablets. 8hrs later I take another, then the next day I day I begin a 1000mg per Day regiment for at least a week. Normally, the sore never surfaces. If it does, I do the same regiment, but take 1000mg per Day until the sore is gone. Since doing that regiment about 4-5 times, I haven't experienced a cold sore in 2 years.

The pills are kind of large. (1000 mg.) Is there a soft gel L-Lysine.. and what's the name of the cream?? Is the cream more effective on herpes or is the pills.?

after 42 years with Herpes, one of the first in calif, (Stanford Dermatology figured out what it was)I can finally control it. 3 times a day 1000 MG for a total of 3000 a day. Now 72 years old and grateful to have found L-Lysine.

When I feel a colds sore coming on I take 1,000mg twice a day and it never develops into a sore. After about 2 days it is completely gone. Amazing cold sore treatment. Take it when you first feel a tingling and it works

I was taking acyclovir for prevention of cold sores. I get them monthly and have are all over my lips and up into my nose. Acyclovir is very expensive. When I read L-lysine is helpful in preventing cold sores, I switched. It works wonderfully. If I forget to take L-lysine for two days or so - wham - I get one.