Probiotics

Anyone using probiotics with success?

Just started my daughter on them a few weeks ago and wondering what the pros and cons are from Chronies that use them or tried them......thanks

I think the VSL #3 helps me. The other over the counter stuff did not. I noticed less bloating within hours of taking the first dose. I could probably take 2 packets a day but my co pay went up to $45 for a packet of 24. Ouch!

Never touched the stuff. Don't know what they are at all. I suggest that she eats lots of white rice. You can't go wrong with Japanese food. It's delicious and very safe.

gypsyfp....you can't compare white rice (or japanese food in general) to probiotics, probiotics are friendly bacteria and are necessary to keep our gut flora in check...with having crohn's, our gut flora is out of whack, we have bad bacterial overgrowth which exacerbates our IBD symptoms. They are also very safe, similar to eating yogurt but with supplements you get way more friendly bacteria...10 billion live cultures/pill is minimum amount necessary for IBDers.

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farfromnormal, lots of people on the UC board have success with the pearls.

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Using a pure probiotic and digestive enzymes improved my health immensely. There are many good ones available that are pure, non-GMO, and backed-up by quality standards. The diarhea, bloating, cramps and skin problems disappeared in 5 months. As the other person commented, if I miss a day, I feel it. The pro-biotic pearl label describes only lactobacillus types of probiotic and that is great for dairy products, but I needed the full spectrum.

 I eat good yogurt and drink plain kefir, eat lots of fresh papaya's. vicodon when pain is dangerous, now pred and entocort. good luck with your kid

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Nanners,

Where kind of stool softeners do you use or recommend?

I am now a huge believer in probiotics. But I wasn't always. Several brands, good ones, made things much worse. I continued with each brand for several months to see if it was an initial reaction, but it just wasn't the right fit for me. SO, You need to find the right one for your daughter. We can all recommend the one we think is best but it may not be a good one for your daughter. Only trial and error will tell. I have now found a few brands that work for me. It seems that after a couple of months my body gets used to one brand and I have to switch for a month or so, then swap back. My GI says this happens to some people. But now that I have found probiotics that work, the change is tremendous, so it is well worth the effort to find one that is right.

Thanks for all the input :)
We are using TherBiotic Complete with 25+billion cfu's. It was the one recommended and the first we are trying. My daughter just went through a treatment for blastocystis hominis. She took Alinia for 3 days, which made her feel really bad. She is taking an increased dose of the probiotics now (2 cap/2xday) but it is hard to tell what is what until we re-test for the parasites and see what role they have played in all this...