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I have heard BHT can be an effective preventive treatment. BHT is actually sold as a food preservative but the reason it is effective against herpes is that herpes is a lipid-coated coated virus, and somehow this BHT gets through the fat coating and the virus dies without its "fat coating". (Some say it may be effective on HIV virus too, which is also a fat encapsulated virus.) And cheap. I just bought 100 capsules of 250mg each, for under $8 (from www.vrp.com). Supposed to take two caps a day. I will let you know my experiences.

Does anyone else have experience with BHT? I am considering to buy the book Wipe Out Herpes with BHT by Mann & Fowkes. The following webpage talks about BHT:

http://www.delano.com/Articles/BHT-antiviral.html

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Hello s2bh,

I am very interested in finding out your results using BHT. I truly would like to believe that there is an alternative to treating this blasted thing! Thanks for sharing

C.

Sure C., I can do that. I am trying to get more info all the time and what's frustrating is, apparently a handful of people have had very good results with using BHT, but no company is going to pay millions of dollars to study it because it is already cheap and readily available. Meaning, they can't make money off it so why prove to us it works. Now Valtrex... that stuff is like $5 a pill. That's why you see all those expensive ads for it. And look, some people take it, and then start having breakouts when they stop the drug. Wow! What a financial boon to the company, huh!? Get you addicted to their product. It's better than getting people addicted to tobacco because at least YOUR customers will stay alive to keep spending their money! *sigh*

Sorry I went on the soapbox there. :roll:

s2bh

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I started taking the BHT right along with the acyclovir during my last OB. There was some verbage on the insert about not taking BHT with alcohol as it may increase the effect of the alcohol. It also says the same thing about any blood thinners you may be taking. So I wonder if my initial reaction was due to it being taken with the acyclovir. I had kind of a bloaty aching feeling that seemed to mimic prodrome in my pelvis. Or it could have just been the acyclovir. I have been taking the BHT by itself since then and no apparent symptoms. I have not received the info yet from CERI http://www.ceri.com/books.htm which talks about taking BHT and what to combine it with for maximum effectiveness. I will keep you up on it. :)

s2bh

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Update

First of all, CERI has still yet to charge my credit card or send me the book. I checked the website again recently and it was down. I think it's back up, but I am having second thoughts about taking it.

Second, a woman emailed me asking where I bought it because she wanted to give some to her Child. As far as I know there are no studies showing how much to give children or if it is safe. (And I told her this) There was also some data I came across talking about BHT being a possible carcinogen http://www.feingold.org/bht.html ... and since I didn't have any CERI materials to weigh it against....

Thirdly, I've been having some symptoms which might be a cyst. I am not comfortable taking the BHT now before finding out what might be going on. Therefore I am not taking it anymore.

But I am still interested in hearing anyone else's experiences and knowledge with it.

s2bh

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I've also had good results so far. The first few days taking it, I noticed a dull pain in the two outbreak areas.

No prodomes, no tingling, no itching, not even a twinge since beginning the BHT.

Been taking it about 60 days now.

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On a side note, if you search this site for BHT not one post comes up. But, if you do a google search for bht and herpes forum you can find them.

I wonder why the administrators of this forum would block BHT from being searchable....??? oops, looks like this thread will be deleted shortly.

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On a side note, if you search this site for BHT not one post comes up. But, if you do a google search for bht and herpes forum you can find them.

I wonder why the administrators of this forum would block BHT from being searchable....???

"BHT" is not searchable because it is less than four letters long. By default, words shorter than 4 letters cannot be searched through the system.

If there are special words that are important for our forum but are outside this word length limit we can index them so that they will be included in the search index. However, the larger our search index, the larger our database is going to be.

"HSV" has been added to the list of exclusions because it is a common 3 letter word that we need to search for, and will add "BHT" too if this is a popular seach term.

oops, looks like this thread will be deleted shortly.

Hmmm... only if you participate in spam ;)

Shenda

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almost free...

do you have genital herpes? type 1 or 2? the other blogger which I did read had cold sores on his mouth. I want to know if it works for genital herpes type 2 as well.

thanks.

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Type II.

I have noticed, for the first few days of taking BHT, some side effects such as a weird taste in my mouth, some minor muscle twitching, and a slight dull pain in the primary outbreak areas. But those all subsided within 3 or 4 days.

Now, I sort of have a hard time remembering to even take it because it's like I don't even have this nasty virus anymore. But that's too much wishfull thinking at this point.

I've read posts from another gentleman on a different forum who had hepatitus and after several years of taking BHT he tested negative for it.

Without regular testing for the virus, he wasn't sure exactly how long it took for the virus to be dissolved.

But, hepatitus, like HSV, is a lipid coated virus.

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So BHT is THE answer ? Seriously, at this point I'll swallow anything just to get rid of this nasty virus (genital)

I don't know. So far so good. I'll continue to post in this thread periodically with an update on my lack of outbreaks.

My plan is after two years of no outbreaks to get tested and see where I stand.

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I have been taking BHT for almost nine months now on and off (mostly on). It seems to be most effective when taken daily at a constant dosage (not cycled or through periods of heay usage followed by an off period). The consensus seems to be 250-1000mg daily. Higher doses may cause liver problems. The capsules I ordered (from vrp.com) come in a 350mg dose. I take three daily (1050mg). So far, vrp is the only source I know of. I take it along with licorice extract (high glycerhizic acid content).

I can't say for sure whether BHT has done anything, but my outbreaks seem to be much less severe since taking this stuff. Could be the licorice, past valtrex treatments, and/or natural immune response that is responsible for the less severe outbreaks.

On a similar note, a compound called monolaurin (a medium chain triglyercide) may have the same effect of dissolving the viral lipid envelope...

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bht and other meds

Hey

I saw that about bht and I try to avoid any preservatives due to being multi chem sensitive from a mold exposure but I have tried lauracidin and it helped but I am still adjusting the dosage to find the best amount to take.I am also trying the alkaline diet and attempting to get that right mix of the right foods which i havent accomplished yet but I am making progress. let me know what has worked best for you , Thanks Bob

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Does anyone take BHT just when you experience the tingling start to outbreak?

Is this a viable option, or does it need to be an everyday occurrence.

I have outbreaks on the lip region only like 3 times a year; so it is manageable as long as I can keep the outbreak to a very bare minum....I am taking abreva right now, and thought it still is a pain to get them the blisters are very small now and the duration is very quickly if caught right at the onset.

Was wondering if BHT could also be used in same way...right at the onset of outbreak.

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I have been taking bht off and on for about 3 years had to stop when I was pregnant and breast feeding. I didn't,t think it worked so well in the beginning, still had o utbreak when taking it. I just started taking it again about 3 weeks and is defienetly doing something this time, I don,t even have anymore itching. Which was an everyday thing for me. I did down load the book whipe out herpes for free. I have been taking everything that they suggest in the way of supplements and I think this is what made a difference this time. I also take zeolite pure to detox and akalize, 10,000mg of msm to detox and alkalize and 3 scoops of lauracidin a day. I only take bht at night just when going to bed, this helps with the dizzyness and won't metobalize the same in your liver when you sleep.

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