VSL#3

Has anyone here heard of or used this probiotic? I would love to hear about it if you have. Just thinking I would like to research probiotics...to make sure I'm getting the most for my $$$. Currently using one with 6 strains and 20 billion active organisms. Best I can tell, VSL#3 does not list these statistics on their website. Maybe if I call the company???

Thanks!

EMom

Yes, we tried this 4 months back to treat our daughter. Her pediatric
GI recommened it to her. We tried it for 2 months before she got
pancreatitis caused by Imuran. When she returned from the hospital
after 3 days of stay, we made a mistake and started her again on
VSL#3. We could not figure out what but she started vomiting again
(one of her pancreatitis symptoms) and had to be hospitalised again
for 4 days. After that, we did not try VSL#3 again on her.

I guess many people have found it useful(inspite of being costly). In
our case, we probably tried it for less time(2 months) and then stopped
it completely. Her pancreatities of course was caused by Imuran but
somehow, her situation was aggravated by VSL#3 and we did not dare to
put it back in her system.

Good luck.
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Thanks, everyone, for the info... I find probiotics extremely confusing because of the many identified strains of beneficial bacteria. Who knows which ones are better for this issue? Why does one brand choose to use a particular strain that another brand leaves out? I think I read once that there are over 200 identified strains in the gut. What about the unidentified ones...? Sorry...driving myself crazy... Nevertheless, I really feel probiotics have helped my son. That's the important part. I just haven't decided if VSL3 is necessarily better than the one we're using (Theralac).

Thank you for the link, PB4! Interesting article! Maybe it's worth a try...