Lysine User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)
Brand names: L-Lysine, L-Formula
Lysine has an average rating of 9.1 out of 10 from a total of 119 reviews on Drugs.com. 88% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 5% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Lysine
- maia
- Taken for less than 1 month
- May 12, 2020
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "L - Lysine helps.with post herpetic neuralgia When I have a flare up, as now with the pandemic creating a stressful environment, I take at least 2000 mg a day."
- Zxano
- November 18, 2015
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "Works great especially if u take it early in outbreak. Duration of sores and severity greatly muted by early use."
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- Anonymous
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- September 26, 2018
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "After many attempts at using other method, this seems to reduce healing time by a large margin, and sometimes stop the outbreak"
- 32922
- March 1, 2016
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "I have had HSV-2 for 20 yrs and just found out about Lysine! I'm starting today and hoping that my outbreaks go away!!"
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- Number
- April 1, 2017
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "L lysine had saved me. I have had painful outbreaks for years. My doc recommended it. Really dramatic results. Last outbreak was controlled and healing much quicker than w out it."
- Hsv1dad
- April 10, 2016
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "Before I took lysine. I have avg 1 or 2 out breaks a yr. I been taking lysine for about 6 months and just recentlly I got two outbreaks back to back. A month a part."
- Tzipo...
- April 15, 2017
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "This stuff works great my outbreak was shortened to three days"
- Celeste
- Taken for less than 1 month
- December 18, 2020
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "Took lysine before bed and the cold sore I have had is almost completely gone overnight!!!"
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 1, 2021
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "Best thing I ever purchased ! I was using CarmEx for like 3-4 days and that did not help. So I purchased this and cold sores went away after 2-3days."
- nnn
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- February 26, 2020
For Herpes Simplex "Lysine does work in suppressing the Herpes virus but if you REALLY want to get rid of the outbreaks, take Lecithin 2400 mg each day for a month. It works!!!"
- JacqueD
- November 22, 2016
For Herpes Simplex "I found lysine to be my miracle for relief of my genital herpes outbreaks."
- Long...
- January 8, 2016
For Herpes Simplex "I have used lysine over 36 years. It has always helped for my cold sores"
- Holy...
- Taken for 10 years or more
- February 7, 2023
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "I have been using Lysine for 20 years now. I highly recommend it for prevention and for quick healing of cold sores."
- Someone...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- August 31, 2022
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "I use lysine to treat my herpes infection and I noticed that the symptoms are reduced and the recovery is quick"
- Sunny
- Taken for 10 years or more
- July 21, 2022
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "Absolute game changer. I have been taking it for the last 10 years regularly once a year for 3-5 days or immediacy after feeling unwell (flew or cold) and have not had cold sore out-brake since."
- Micki...
- January 14, 2017
For Herpes Simplex "This stuff is so awful do not waste your time I feel like it made my cold sores bigger and more painful. I am so mad that through all this pain and suffering waiting for this medicine to work"
- Lysine...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- August 26, 2023
For Herpes Simplex "Cools pain quickly. Works better than Abreva for me."
- Hausf...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 6, 2022
For Herpes Simplex "Unbelievable!! I had a full blown cold sore, used the Lysine on it twice within 8 hours, and it was barely visible."
- Jess
- November 18, 2020
For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "#1 !! Better than Abreva in my case."
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For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "I've been taking l_lysine for 5 years, I'm 45 years old have no wrinkles, I believe that l-lysine is the magic, I also use coconut oil as face lotion at night. You have to try it!"