L-lysine to treat shingles is a new one on them

Friday, April 3, 2009 - 20:42 in Health & Medicine

After chemo treatment, I had two bouts with shingles. Knowing that this is a herpes virus, I treated myself with L-lysine as I often do for cold sores. The discomfort and rash disappeared in less than a week. My oncologist was very interested to hear this and has been successful using L-lysine for other patients with shingles.

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