Safety and Effectiveness of A Lysine Based Ointment for Facial and Circum Oral Herpes

.....Lysine, a six carbon essential amino acid acts on the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) by inhibiting the replication of the virus and thereby shortening the duration of the disease.....

....Results indicate 40% of participants were cured by the third day and 86% were cured by the sixth day. A significant improvement was found between the first day and fifth day on nine out of ten symptoms....

.....Table 3 describes how many days it took for the cold sores to be cured. Curing was defined whether or not the cold sore was aborted. Baseline was set as Day 0. On the 1st day, 4 subjects were cured. On the 3 rd day, 12 subjects were cured which was 40% of the sample.....

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