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SydAus (Sydney, Australia) on 04/01/2008
5 out of 5 stars

I contracted herpes several years ago and after the first outbreak all the other ones have been mild and only happend 3-4 times a year, but suddenly last week I did get quite a strong outbreak, still not as bad as the first one, but quite major. Its already subsided after 4-5 days as I have been megadosing on Vitamin C and most importantly Lysine. 6g of C and 4 g of lysine I would suggest that suppplimentation of lysine, around 1500-2000 mg every day forever will help with mitigating recurances.
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Replied By Maryland (Ca) on 07/04/2025

I know this post is old and most likely SydAus will not see it, but I woke up today to find blisters on my butt crack. I was diagnoses with hsv2 15 years ago, and I knew it was an outbreak.

I purchased lysine powder 1000mg per scoop last week, so I took 1000mg lysine in the first hour, 2000mg on the second hour, 3000mg on the third hour. I also added some vit c every time (I have vitamin C powder in capsules, 1000mg on each capsule, so I opened the capsule and put maybe a 1/4 of the pill in the cup).

About half an hour after I took the 3rd dosage, I touched the area and SURPRISE!, no outbreak! I could not believe what I was feeling. I keep touching it but found nothing. I am blown away it worked. Usually those blisters go away after a couple days, so this was very exciting.

I already took my fourth dosage (4000mg lysine + some vit c).

So I can say lysine powder taken internally plus some vitamin C works to get rid of outbreaks right away.

The vitamin C is Now brand but I only bought it because it was cheap, less than 5 bucks.

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Replied By Maryland (Ca) on 07/19/2025

I tried multiple times to edit my previous post, but now I will just add an update:

About an hour after I wrote the previous post, I began to experience diarrhea, which lasted for about 5 hours. I think the amount I took was too much for my body because I've taken 4g of lysine in the morning with no issue (I weigh 140lbs and I am 5'5"). Also, the blisters came back the next day, but they were much smaller and felt like skin bumps (goosebumps).

Or maybe I should have taken MORE vitamin C. SydAus recommended 6g vit c and 4g of lysine.

I think that can help temporarily if you have a visible outbreak and are going to wear a tiny bikini at the beach, for example.