Whether you're taking a prescription drug or considering using it as herpes treatment, there are now some new and very effective alternatives. Although some people find prescription drugs work well for their condition, others are now experiencing the incredible benefits from a combination of natural ingredients recently introduced to the marketplace and proven to kill the herpes virus in clinical studies.

Some prescription drugs have showed to be effective but, unfortunately, most of them are costly and have unpleasant side effects (ranging from headaches to such extremes as kidney damage). In the meanwhile, many of the alternative remedies actually boost your immune system and are often much cheaper.

There are various herpes treatments available to help alleviate pain and itching during outbreaks and clear sores up fast. Yet some natural herpes treatments now have ingredients that actually kill the virus and dramatically reducing or eliminating outbreaks. For example, Mediviral is a very effective anti-viral treatment with ingredients proven to prevent herpes outbreaks when used as directed.

People are now taking alternative herpes suppressants similar to a multivitamin claiming its not only minimizing the outbreaks but in some cases it eliminates them altogether. Even more, the natural anti-viral properties of these products are actually minimizing other possible viral occurrences such as shingles, chicken pox and similar.