Jili
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Post by Jili on Jul 26, 2014 12:42:08 GMT
How much do you take per day? I read that 1000 mg 3x per day is a suggested dose during an outbreak. What do you find effective?
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tiffanytwisted
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jul 26, 2014 14:18:33 GMT
I would marry Lysine if I could, lol.
I just took a look and am surprised to find that I'm not taking what I found to be recommended. Don't ask me where I read this, but I wrote down that I should be taking 1250 daily & 1875-2000 during an outbreak.
The pills I'm taking now are only 1000 and I've only been taking one a day.
It works for me as I used to get 2-3 a year and I've only had 1 since I started taking it. And that was because I had run out and kept forgetting to buy more. After a week, it bit me in the butt. I've NEVER let that happen again!
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Post by grinningcat on Jul 26, 2014 14:19:17 GMT
I take 1000 a day when I am not breaking out and I'll do 3000 a few times a day when I am in a break out.
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Jili
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Post by Jili on Jul 26, 2014 14:26:01 GMT
Thanks. I need I start taking it every day when I don't have a breakout. I think for now I'm going to go with 1000 mg 3x per day and see if I can beat this. So tired of cold sores.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2014 15:21:57 GMT
I call my doctor right away and get generic Valtrex ASAP. Nothing works other than this. I use OTC ointments to deal with symptoms. After one day on Valtrex the improvement is signifcant and after 2 or 3 days completely gone.
Abreva? Total waste of money in my experience.
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Post by Jili on Jul 26, 2014 15:29:23 GMT
I call my doctor right away and get generic Valtrex ASAP. Nothing works other than this. I use OTC ointments to deal with symptoms. After one day on Valtrex the improvement is signifcant and after 2 or 3 days completely gone. Abreva? Total waste of money in my experience. This is what I need to do. I've hesitated because I have only seen my internist/gp one time (I'm a fairly new patient). I suppose that on Monday I will call the dermatologist to ask for prescription for next time. They will probably want to see me, which is another reason I've not done this. It figures that this started on a Saturday. For now, it's Abreva and Lysine for me. I agree that I'm not convinced that Abreva is very useful at all. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2014 15:54:29 GMT
Jill...do you get them often? You might want to see if the doc will give you a Rx to have filled and on hand.
Also, don't wait until Monday. Go to a Minute Clinic, Target clinic, doc in a box. Most of them take the same insurances as the doc's do.
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Post by maurchclt on Jul 26, 2014 16:04:16 GMT
I take 500 mg 3X a week for maintenance, when I get a coldsore, immediate Valtrex, and I have some on hand at all times
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2014 17:20:47 GMT
OH MY WORD! Guess what just popped up on my own lip? NOOOOOO!!! Guess I'll be taking my own advice.  |
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Post by turangaleela on Jul 26, 2014 18:09:37 GMT
Last time I asked a doctor about an antiviral I got what they covered, which was a prescription for 50 pills: 5 a day for 10 days. No thanks. The L-Lysine gives me a gut ache.
I get a couple of cold sores a year and, for me at least, grinding up an aspirin and putting it on the thing as soon as I feel it helps to slow down its formation right away. I also used those Avon facial peel pads. It HURT but did the same thing.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2014 23:50:25 GMT
Jill: I ended up calling my doc's after hours number. Thankfully, the on-call doc (not anyone from the practice I go to), called the Valtrex (acyclovir) Rx for me right away. I was able to pick it up 30 minutes later. It's a total of 4 monster pills...take two then take the other two 12 hours later.
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Post by kelbel827 on Jul 27, 2014 1:57:24 GMT
How do you swallow them? I swear they are the biggest things I've ever tried to swallow.
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Post by mcscrapper on Jul 27, 2014 13:15:06 GMT
Are you talking about cold sores inside or on the outside of your mouth?
I used to get several inside my mouth all the time...like 5 or 6 at a time almost every 6 weeks. A doc friend of mind suggested that I stop eating "regular" peanut butter and only use natural. I thought he was full of poo but it has actually worked.
I don't get nearly as many on my lips any more either.
And I do agree that Abreva is a huge waste of time and money. I do think Novitra does work tho!
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Post by SnowWhite on Jul 28, 2014 19:07:32 GMT
I finally realized last year that coffee was my cold sore trigger. It wasn't fun, but I cut coffee cold turkey out of my daily habit. I also added a daily immunity vitamin: L'il Critters Immune C Plus. Sure, they're meant for kids, but they're the only ones I could find that had zinc and echinacea in them. I haven't had a single cold sore in over a year. That said, when I was getting them almost monthly, I would FLOOD my system with 1,000mg Lysine. I would seriously take 16,000-20,000mg 1-2x a day. That did great work in either keeping them from erupting or keeping them small. Fair warning: don't do that on an empty stomach, unless you want to spend the next hour in the bathroom. |
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