Every year, a myriad of individuals struggle with the commonly encountered and irritating problem of cold sores. Various triggers such as stress, illness, and sun exposure could induce these ...

There are various health benefits of lysine and lysine supplements, including improving cold sores, reducing blood pressure, and preventing the symptoms of lysine deficiency. Lysine is one of the ...

Who here likes a cold sore? Nope. No one… I mean, what's there to like anyway? They're painful, uncomfortable, and not exactly pretty. Wouldn't it be great if they could magically disappear forever?

Lysine's precise role in the prevention and treatment of herpes labialis outbreaks is unknown. Of seven randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies reviewed, six showed lysine to be ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2012;69(2):107-115. Kristen Zeitler, Pharm.D., is Postgraduate Year 1 Pharmacy Practice Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; at the time of ...