Herpes Scams — Bogus herpes treatments, herpes cures, herpes protocols Unfortunately, herpes scams are all over the web and can appear legitimate to the unsuspecting readers. There are many dishonest people and companies who prey upon people with genital herpes and other STDs. Many people are so desperate to believe that a herpes cure might exist that they more easily fall for herpes treatment scams and herpes cure scams. There are herpes cure scams, herpes treatment scams, herpes dating scams, herpes protocol scams and other herpes scams. Unfortunately, it can be very difficult to tell the difference between scammers and real people, and to discern online charlatans from real doctors or experts. Some sites post both good information alongside bad information — to make them sound credible. Or they recommend products that result in affiliate income for them — and do not disclose that relationship. Here are some of the most common Herpes Scams. At the time that this warning letter was written, Global Herbal Supplies was the main worldwide marketer and distributor of Choraphor. Unfortunately, since Global Herbal Supplies is based in Australia, not the US, it is hard for the FDA to enforce its warnings against non-US companies who make misleading or deceptive marketing claims. Global Herbal Supplies also owns the website called Herpes-Coldsores. For many years, they hid the fact that they owned the website and controlled the content. In July 2007, a year after the FDA warning letter was sent, Global Herbal Supplies stopped marketing Choraphor and introduced a new product called Dynamiclear, another single-application topical herpes treatment which is very similar to Choraphor in use and application, except for a few different ingredients. The most common product used to treat cold sores is Abreva docosanol , an FDA-approved topical antiviral product. Abreva has been around for many years. Instead, they chose a product that was not widely used and needed to be applied 5 times a day for 7 days. IF this had been a well-done, double-blind clinical study comparing Dynamiclear to a Control Group or a Placebo — then if might have shown whether or not using Dynamiclear would be better or worse than using nothing at all. The study lasted only 14 days, did NOT include a control group, was NOT double-blind, did NOT record time of onset NOR the recurrency rate, and did NOT distinguish between primary or secondary infections. So basically, a clinical study that has such major flaws cannot be trusted to prove much of anything. Interestingly, even though this clinical trial was done in 2006, it was not until February 2012 that an abstract of the results were published in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. And one of the authors worked for the company that performed the research. Because of the extremely flawed design and methodology of the study, the findings cannot stand up to scrutiny and do NOT prove that Dynamiclear is significantly more effective than what most people commonly use to treat oral or genital herpes. This panel, which consists of representatives from industry, consumers, advertising agencies, healthcare professionals and government, who are highly qualified to judge such matters, examined all the claims and response from the company, and judged that Dynamiclear was indeed in violation of numerous sections of their advertising code. The Panel noted that the study was not placebo-controlled, and that both the Dynamiclear and acyclovir treatments appeared to have commenced when, for most of the participants in the study, their cold sores had already proceeded to the stages of blistering, scabbing, or crusting, rather than being applied at the first onset of symptoms. Therefore, many people may incorrectly attribute their healing to Dynamiclear. People are spending a lot of money on Dynamiclear — and really want to believe that it works. At best, it does no harm — except to your pocketbook. Lysine can be purchased for much cheaper from many other sources. Lysine is NOT an ingredient in Dynamiclear. But they recommend taking Lysine in addition to using Dynamiclear. Lysine is the only substance in their recommended protocol that has been shown in some studies to reduce herpes symptoms in some patients. If they would submit to clinical trial evaluation, it would reinforce positive comments from professionals. Both Valtrex which is now generic as valacyclovir and acyclovir have demonstrated effectiveness against oral and genital herpes. Again, everyone should use what works for them, but when it comes to reducing transmission to someone else, I certainly would recommend ONLY those things that have demonstrated effectiveness. For several years, it was a product marketing site only and did not yet have any Herpes Support Forums.. In 2003, they redesigned the site to look more like an independently-run Herpes Support and Information Site — so that they could promote their own topical herpes treatment as if they were an objective third party — not the manufacturer. The site did not clearly disclose that it was actually OWNED by the company that manufactured and marketed the herpes treatments that they were recommending as if they were an objective third-party. Beginning in May 2007, Herpes-Coldsores. As noted above, the FDA had issued a warning letter about Choraphor in July 2006. Around the same time, the H-C Support Forums started which is now a very popular feature of the site, with many unpaid volunteer support members who give good support and good information to the many people who need help dealing with their. The H-C Support Forums and their many volunteers and participants are NOT involved and not responsible for the content that the owners of this website post OUTSIDE of the H-C Support Forums. For many years, Herpes-Coldsores. That is, not until recently. In August 2012, after hearing criticism and complaints, Global Herbal Supplies finally updated their site and made it easier for people to see that they actually OWN and control the site. Before this, the seemingly objective web-pages recommending Dynamiclear on Herpes-Coldsores. Unfortunately, many people read the old web pages and mistakenly thought that Dynamiclear is being recommended by people who did not have a financial interest in the product. Please Note: These criticisms of Herpes-Coldsores. The H-C Support forums on Herpes-Coldsores. Unfortunately, the site itself is still owned by Global Herbal Supplies. All of these websites owned by Global Herbal Supplies continue to recommend Dynamiclear — seemingly objectively — but Dynamiclear is the bogus herpes treatment they market illegally in the US and other countries. Many herpes website owners appreciate the extra income of such affiliate programs. Some sites openly disclose these affiliations while others do not. Some website owners who accept advertising are not aware that Dynamiclear uses false and misleading marketing techniques. How can anyone trust a company that uses such misleading techniques to market their products? Fake Herpes Treatment Reviews Herpes scams can be hard to spot. Well there are also Fake Herpes Reviews. The owners of Dynamiclear and Medavir and other treatments have created Herpes Product Review websites that sound legitimate but are not — in which people claim that they were at first skeptical and now they are believers ductsin these pro— and of course they link to Dynamiclear or Medavir so that you can buy their product! Websites that are affiliated with Medavir often post positive reviews and links for Medavir and negative reviews of Dynamiclear. Websites that are affiliated with Dynamiclear often post positive reviews and links for Dynamiclear and negative reviews for Medavir. The funny thing is — the negative reviews of each product contain more kernels of truth than any of the positive reviews. We hope that people with herpes stop falling for the misleading marketing tactics of these and other companies. Dynamiclear owned or affiliated sites: Herpes-Coldsores. Some have been around for a long time. Others are newer and trying to provide a different set of services. Some are run by large companies while others are small businesses or sole proprietorships. Most are free to join for a basic membership, but if you want upgraded privileges, you have to pay something. Some of these sites have affiliate marketing programs, which basically pays website owners a commission for new visitors or paid members that result from their links. This is all pretty normal for online dating services. Unfortunately, some services have problematic or deceptive marketing practices or other problems which landed them a place on this page. PositiveSingles is a division of Successful Match, a large Canadian company with a large number of specialty online dating sites. PositiveSingles has a regular affiliate program that gives website owners a commission for visitors or new members who result from links to PositiveSingleson their sites. This has helped to support the expenses of running our site. This has created serious questions related to privacy, confidentiality and misrepresentation, in addition to spam. A Class Action Suit was filed against PositiveSingles and Successful Match in January 2012. PositiveSingles provides customizable front page templates and takes care of all the registration and profiles and back-end. So all of these sites are just the same as PositiveSingles with nothing different except for the front landing page. If a private label affiliate site gets people to visit their site or register as a paid member, they receive a commission from PositiveSingles. So they have a financial incentive to get people to visit their sites. Many of these PS Private Label Affiliate site owners often use deception to join regional and national herpes social groups and support groups and other herpes-related sites, pretending to be normal people seeking friendship and support. Below is a list of the PositiveSingles Private Label Affiliate websites that have been known to use deceptive practices to attract new members. Stay Away From: DatingHerpes. But they all connect on the back end to PositiveSingles. All of the member profiles are exactly the same. All of the personal testimonials and other content is also the same. PositiveSingles claims that they do not encourage spamming and will take action against any of their Private Label affiliates who Spam. Unfortunately, not enough people know when they are receiving Spam from a PS private label affiliate or what to do about it.
