But even though I looked at several Whole Foods/Vitamin Cottage/drug stores, I could not find the combination.  I did find some arginine pills and bought them.  But they were 1000mg and the pills were so damn huge I could not take them.  I told myself i was being a sissy just do it.  But they would get caught in my throat and nearly choke me before I could wash them down with water.  Extremely unpleasant.  I tried dissolving a pill in water but it tasted so dreadful I nearly puked.  Maybe OJ would mask it better.  Since then I have seen 500mg pills in the store and maybe I'll try them.  Still have not found any in combo with the pycnogenol and I won't buy any online since I can't see how big the damn pills are.  I take Viagra regularly so I was very interested also in finding out if they played well together

Arginine is believed to promote the occurrence of herpes outbreaks by facilitating the growth and replication of the herpes virus.  

If you have had or prone to cold-sores perhaps taking smaller amounts to see how your immune system handles the overload. No one wants to kiss a gentleman with a great big ugly sore on his lips.  

For a man who has had herpes I would not suggest using this at all. Herpes is dormant in your system and this could bring it back when otherwise it wouldn't have.

Kisses Hale

If so, it is available at Walmart in 500 mg capsules.