NOW L-lysine 500 mg, 250 Capsules

I bought this for a friend who had cold sores and he took some at the beginning of an outbreak and he says it went away in 3 days before blowing up to uncontrollable proportions. This is great. I have seen his bad days adn they are pretty bad. The situation usually doesnt go away for like 3 or 4 weeks but with this it went away in 3-5 days max. Since taking these he has also felt more hope and started a new diet. You have to take away l-arginine from your diet some way to help with the cold sores. So he has reduced this , you cant eliminate it completely because the arginine is an essential amino acid and your body needs it. The lysine, decreases arginine Ive read so it helps keep the cold sores at bay. Im glad it helped my friend, he was going through some tough times because of it. Try it, you never know. He has reported no side effects.

My doctor told me that if I was getting sick or ever thought I was getting shingles or a cold sore to take 1500mg L-Lysene twice a day -OR- 1000mg three times a day with a strong dose of vitamin C. Although I cannot be sure, I thought I was getting the shingles about 2 years ago & immediately began the L-Lysene 1500mg twice a day with vitamin C & it cleared up. Having been a nurse for many years, I have seen & heard about shingles & feel sure that is what I was getting.

I take this everyday because I get cold sores. When my son was first born I decided to start donating my breast milk. But if you take the rx to get rid of your cold sores you can’t donate that milk for up to a week after you stop the rx. With the lysine I can donate while taking it, so super safe (according to my dr and the human milk bank) to take while pregnant nursing. I also double up the dosage when I’m getting a cold sore and the healing time is cut down so much!

This helps so much with fighting viruses. I cant tell if it helps with colds or not, but anything in the herpes family, it helps a lot. I cant have nuts or the CMV (cytomegalovirus, similar to mono) comes back, but if I counter-balance with this lysine, Im fine. It also has helped in treating shingles, which is unbelievably painful, and in preventing outbreaks. Someone gave me biscotti with only a few walnuts in it, and boom, shingles starting. Since using these with ANY arginine-rich foods, Ive been able to avoid getting any more. If anyone else is looking for shingles help, or anything in the herpes family, here is what has helped me the very most: 1. Lysine to compensate for arginine in foods. I use this brand and its perfect. 2. Durhams bee propolis supplement 3 times a day during an outbreak (but only if youre not allergic to bee stings). Or the queens delight, which contains propolis. 3. Vitamin C (I use this same brand in 1,000mg time release tablets) combined with green or black tea. Vitamin C on its own does not help. Tea on its own may or may not help. But when you combine the two, they help a LOT. If you feel the tingling of an outbreak looming, if you do enough tea & C quickly enough, the lesion will never even form! 4. Durhams wonder salve stops lesions from spreading and reduces pain and itching on existing lesions. 5. Vitamin C serum - yes the same kind people use for wrinkles and anti aging - apply this directly to the lesion. I may stop using the wonder salve, as the vitamin C serum seems to work faster. I had an especially stubborn lesion on my ankle that was not responding to the propolis salve (wonder salve), so on a whim, I tried the vitamin C serum I normally use on my face to prevent wrinkles. That stubborn lesion/scar had been itching and burning for weeks after the lesion appeared healed. The C serum cleared it the rest of the way in a few days. I hope this information helps someone else. This particular product (Now Foods Lysine) and their time-released vitamin C are invaluable tools in my Arsenal to fight any viruses in the herpes family, all of which stay with you for life.

Even though theyre not small (they are 1 inch by 5/16ths) these capsules wash down very easily with a swallow of water. I dont have dysphagia, but I do get freaked out when I have to swallow large tablets. Another advantage, Im guessing, is these capsules can be assimilated faster than the tablets, which have the potential for just passing through the GI tract, unabsorbed. Taking six daily, Ive already staved off a herpes simplex outbreak on my lip since receiving these just a week ago.

I have had cold sores for my entire life. I have usually taken only Acyclovir 800mg once a day. With only that, Id get cold sores about once every two to three months. Since Ive been taking L-Lysine 2000 - 3000 mg a day at night, I havent had a cold sore for over 6 months. So, at night, Id take 4 of these and then another 2 in the morning. No issues or side affects. These are capsules and are very easy to swallow. If youre looking to buy L-Lysine, dont get the hard pills, they are very hard and scrape on their way down when taken. Also, When Ive felt sores coming on, I usually take 2 to 4 of these and use Abreva and Acyclovir and bingo, they either dont show up or Ive actually seen the bumps simply go away. WOW! its worth every penny!!!

I used to get cold sores at least every other month but after discovering l-lysine i have not not got them in six months this is what works for me and i do it every single day 1- 1000mg tab at 12am 1-1000mg tab at 12 pm 1-500mg tab before i brush my teeth when getting ready for work If i am at work 1-500mg tab every 2 hours If i am at home 1-500 mg tab every three hours I am not sure if this is safe (since i have no medical background) but this works for me i was tired of getting cold sores and this really works for me

When I received this I started taking 2-3 a day to help my immune system. After a week or so, I started breaking out badly - deep big zits on my chin. I looked it up and zits on your chin can indicate kidney imbalance and a side effect of L-lysine is kidney failure. So please take with caution and lots of water. Once I stopped taking it, my zits cleared up within a week.

L-Lysine is an essential in my diet. If I dont take 1-2/week, I get cold sores. I take L-lysine daily during cold/flu season, and I havent been sick in years, so its a great anti-virus for me (and I work with children so Im exposed to a lot of germs). I would highly recommend L-lysine. I purchased this particular brand of L-lysine for the 500mg capsules because they are easier to swallow than a some of the brands with larger doses (1000 mg). However, I was disappointed when I ordered the smaller bottle to discover that the smaller bottle contains tablets, not capsules. I prefer the capsules for both swallowing and absorption. Sometimes when I take tablets, they dont seem as effective for the same milligrams so any of you who find the tablets to not work for you may want to consider trying the capsules instead. I removed one star just because I think they should make it more clear whether you are getting capsules or tablets, but otherwise these capsules are a good product.

Good for your skin and immune system. If you get cold sores and such. A regimen of l-lysine is a must. I love this brand, as soon as I feel the tingle of a cold sore, I raise my dose and usually never get one, while also using a lysine based lip balm. Zinc and generally eating healthy and other good supplements for the immune system.