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Lysine User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

Brand names: L-Lysine, L-Formula

Lysine has an average rating of 8.8 out of 10 from a total of 120 reviews on Drugs.com. 85% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 6% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Lysine

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  • Loo...
  • Taken for 5 to 10 years
  • October 16, 2016

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!"

9 / 10
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  • mai...
  • 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."

10 / 10
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  • November 18, 2015

For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "Works great, especially if you take it early in an outbreak. Duration of sores and severity greatly muted by early use."

10 / 10
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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 methods, this seems to reduce healing time by a large margin and sometimes stop the outbreak."

9 / 10
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  • 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 without it."

9 / 10
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  • Tzi...
  • April 15, 2017

For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "This stuff works great. My outbreak was shortened to three days."

9 / 10
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  • Cel...
  • 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!!!"

8 / 10
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  • March 1, 2016

For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "I have had HSV-2 for 20 years and just found out about lysine! I'm starting today and hoping that my outbreaks go away!!"

8 / 10
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  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • February 26, 2020

For Herpes Simplex (HSV) "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!!!"

10 / 10
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  • Jac...
  • November 22, 2016

For Herpes Simplex (HSV) "I found lysine to be my miracle for relief of my genital herpes outbreaks."

10 / 10
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  • Lon...
  • January 8, 2016

For Herpes Simplex (HSV) "I have used lysine for over 36 years. It has always helped for my cold sores."

10 / 10
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  • 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 2-3 days."

10 / 10
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  • Hol...
  • 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."

10 / 10
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  • Som...
  • 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."

8 / 10
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  • Sun...
  • 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 immediately after feeling unwell (flu or cold) and have not had a cold sore outbreak since."

10 / 10
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  • April 10, 2016

For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "Before I took lysine, I had an average of 1 or 2 outbreaks a year. I have been taking lysine for about 6 months, and just recently, I got two outbreaks back to back, a month apart."

5 / 10
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  • Lys...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • August 26, 2023

For Herpes Simplex (HSV) "Cools pain quickly. Works better than Abreva for me."

10 / 10
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  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • January 6, 2022

For Herpes Simplex (HSV) "Unbelievable! I had a full-blown cold sore, used the lysine on it twice within 8 hours, and it was barely visible."

10 / 10
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  • Jes...
  • November 18, 2020

For Herpes Simplex, Suppression "Better than Abreva in my case."

10 / 10
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  • Mic...
  • January 14, 2017

For Herpes Simplex (HSV) "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."

1 / 10
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