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Posted 1/27/2010 11:15 PM (GMT 0)
since joining this site, I've seen alot of mention about VSL 3...I have never heard of this until seeing it here. Is it truly effective? I've taken probiotics in the past and have only been able to find as much as 50 Billion bacterial strains. How well does VSL work?

Thanks

Posted 1/27/2010 11:37 PM (GMT 0)
I believe it really helps me. I wasn't convinced at first, so after a few months I allowed myself to run out of it.... and in 3 days I started bleeding again! So I took it about 4 more months..... and ran out, and again, blood. I'm now taking the Double Strength (DS) version, which is prescription. My insurance covers enough of it that it's cheaper than almost anything else I can buy - and there are 900 billion per dose. (When I'm in solid remission I figure I can make that one packet last several days....)
In a little more than a day after starting the DS, the blood just about completely gone (unless I eat something scratchy and stupid) and... how to say, but in a few days the smell in the bathroom was more normal than I remember it smelling in years.
Posted 1/27/2010 11:52 PM (GMT 0)
On their site I see they have the option of the packets and the capsules...I see the flora count is lower in the capsules...is one truly better than the other? My first impression would be the more bacteria the better.
Posted 1/28/2010 6:07 AM (GMT 0)
go for the packets. Delicious with yogurt, fine with applesauce.
Posted 1/28/2010 2:50 PM (GMT 0)
Where can you get it? Can it help induce remission?
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