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Greg Evans - 15 Dec 2003 01:34 GMT

Hi, all -

Last Spring I posted here looking for some information, and if I didn't do
so then - THANK YOU for your help! I haven't really kept up with the group
since then, and now I have a new question about whatever the latest research
has been regarding non-prescription-drug treatment. Actually, I'd love to
know where to find the latest information on *any* type of treatment for
genital herpes.

Since I contracted herpes, I've been treating the rare outbreaks as needed
with Herp-Eeze and L-Lysine - in other words, I don't take it regularly but
only when I feel an outbreak coming on. So far, I've only had a couple such
outbreaks in the past year and a half or so. The main ingredient in
Herp-Eeze is larrea, extracted from the creosote or chapparal bush. Now the
folks who make Herp-Eeze have come out with so-called "Herp-Eeze Next
Generation", which doesn't seem to have larrea but instead uses a
combination of Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris), L-lysine, and various other
herbal extracts. Has anyone had any experience with this product, of does
anyone know where to find more information about it that ISN'T marketing
hype?

I would much rather treat my herpes naturally than with expensive and
heavy-duty prescription drugs if at all possible, but I don't want to be so
hippy-dippy that I avoid a perfectly good prescription treatment....

Thanks,
Greg

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Grant - 15 Dec 2003 01:48 GMT

Hi Greg,

Basically, you don't have to treat your herpes at all. That would, I guess,
be the most natural. The best thing you can do for yourself is to make sure
that your immune system is healthy. That means clean up your diet and get
exercise and rest.

I'm not familar with the ingredients or items that you mentioned below -
except for the Lysine.

Take care,
ar

> Hi, all -
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> Thanks,
> Greg

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M.L.S. - 16 Dec 2003 14:21 GMT

>Hi, all -

Howdy, Greg.

>Last Spring I posted here looking for some information, and if I didn't do
>so then - THANK YOU for your help! I haven't really kept up with the group
>since then, and now I have a new question about whatever the latest research
>has been regarding non-prescription-drug treatment. Actually, I'd love to
>know where to find the latest information on *any* type of treatment for
>genital herpes.

Things haven't changed a whole lot in the last year.

>Since I contracted herpes, I've been treating the rare outbreaks as needed
>with Herp-Eeze and L-Lysine - in other words, I don't take it regularly but
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>anyone know where to find more information about it that ISN'T marketing
>hype?

I think Prunella vulgaris is the hot new way to go, but I have no idea
whether it works any better than Red Marine Algae or H-balm or any of
the myriad others advertised yonder (over there.) I doubt that you
can find much, if anything, that isn't marketing hype on any of them.
Even seeming news stories are often little more than carefully worded
press releases. The only thing that I know you can do is to try 'em
yourself, see what results you get, and keep in mind that herpes tends
to decrease in severity and frequency over time anyway, and that 30%
of people are liable to the placebo effect (ie., because you *believe*
it works, it does.)

There is obviously a huge demand for the more natural (at least
perceived as such) remedies but the only way to find the most sober
looks at the science behind them is to wade through all the junk on
the internet. It's amazing all the pill shops there are out there.

>I would much rather treat my herpes naturally than with expensive and
>heavy-duty prescription drugs if at all possible, but I don't want to be so
>hippy-dippy that I avoid a perfectly good prescription treatment....

Periodic use of Valtrex and Acyclovir may be "heavy duty" to the HSV
virus but they really don't put a big burden on the body. For most
people they aren't a burden at all. I would rate a typical
over-the-counter cough medicine or night time sleep aid as being
heavier duty than the HSV anti-virals (though the latter should still
only be used under professional supervision.) The fact is that the
professionally dispensed products probably work more consistently and
more effectively than the "all natural" products, and the slightly
higher price, as compared to most of the folk remedies, may be worth
it on those grounds.

>Thanks,
>Greg

Take care,

Mike

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Boston HSV I - 31 Dec 2003 07:59 GMT

Valacyclovir can now be prescribed on-label for reducing transmission.
I thought that was cool.
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:Pc82HieWJxQJ:www.fda.gov/fdac/departs/2003/
603_upd.html+valacyclovir+%22side+effects%22+site:fda.gov&hl=en&ie=UTF-8#herpes

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