Update - 8 Months of VSL#3

I thought I would give you all an update with my experience of using vsl#3 for 8 months and getting off salofalk.


When I first started vsl#3 I had an upset system lots of diarrhea, gas. Bleeding once in a while maybe every few weeks.
At about 1 month the gas and diarrhea from vsl#3 stopped.

At about the 4 month stage no more beelding and I havent seen it since.

After 8 months I believe it may have colonized - I can skip taking a few days and I can eat sugar without bleeding.


My conclusion is that it may be possible to re-colonize with contant long term use and that bad side effects may go away as the body adjusts.

Thanks all for reading.

I would love to know this too. I have suffered from a mild/moderate case of UC for the past 20 years and it's getting to the point that I am considering surgery because all possible meds don't work anymore. I have taken pro-biotics including VSL#3 but not long enough to know if it truly helped.
Would love to hear the feedback on this one.

To answer your questions.

I was taking quite a mix of probiotics for about a month or so - and then I realized its a lot of effort and money. I dont know what effect if any the other pro-Bs had but they gave quite a variety of strains in the begining. So I stopped taking those and only took vsl#3 from then on.

It also doesnt matter what probiotic you take - what really matters is the strains and quantity which is the same in all vsl#3. The quantity is up to you but I think to have an effect you really must take a lot - like 500 billion which is 1 vsl#3 sachet. To put things in perspective, the over the counter probiotics are usually around 10 billion, so youd need 50 of those little pills