• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for cold sores (fever blisters))
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 1000 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: This is part of the pre-Acyclovir tratment for Herpes. Eat no Arginine (chocolate, tapioca, cola, nuts- peanuts are OK-, dates, fig newtons, marischino cherries..) and cover up what little you accidentally get (you need some to live) with it's opposite, Lysine. It also is good for skin elasticity and a youthful appearance.

Cost: < $25 monthly