And Another Probiotic Question/Topic

I have come to find out that some brands work well for some and not for others. I used VSL #3 DS with little results, just more gas. Nature's Way did little for me also. Metagenics Spectrum did help me out quite a bit but I feel like there may be something out there "Better". I am thinking about trying Ultimate Flora by Renew Life and also trying Raw Probiotics by Garden of Life. Any suggestions, successes/failures? Even though I'm not in "full" remission, I saw MAJOR improvements with the Metagenics product. A few less BMs a day, less/no blood, less/no urgency, semi formed BMs and NO ACCIDENTS! LOL...

I totally believe (at least in my case), probiotics, digestive enzymes and finding out about your food allergies/sensitivities are key in getting past this illness. Thinking back to before I had UC, I had taken a few long-term scripts of antibiotics, NSAIDS way too often and let my diet get out of control (too much acidic foods and drinks).

I'm no longer on any oral meds, no prednisone and I'm getting off of Remicade. I was doing infusions every 6 weeks at the higher dosage and I really don't think it was helping me out that much. My last was in Dec 2012 and so far so good into March 2013.

So back to my original question: What probiotics are you using/have used, what works and what doesn't?

Thanks, E...

I currently use VSL3DS and I like it! I was taking food and systemic enzymes and those gave me more gas.

I used Ultimate Flora with VSL #3 (regular). It didn't do wonders but it helped very nicely. Fortunately cannot afford the VSL #3 and the flora itself doesn't really do much except some gas. Soon though I wont be a student anymore and will be back on the VSL #3 for sure.

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Bananagirl,

The Prescript-Assist sounds like a good one. I'll have to try that out.

Does anyone remember a thread from a while back, this guy was talking about the wonders of edible clay and how it put him into remission or at least got him better. Sounds like the "edible clay" also contains soil based probiotics, so maybe that's why it worked. Makes sense now. Minerals and certain types of SB probiotics flushed out the bad pathogens and basically rebooted his system with fresh new probiotics. Hmmmmm. Off to do MORE research, AGAIN! LOL...

Be well, E...

Haha, I bought a big tub of Terramin due to those threads too. Never tried it very much, but was taking it extremely dilute per CureforUC's instructions (the clay fanatic)- what ever happened to CureforUC anyway? I've been thinking about trying the terramin again some time, esp if I try some sort of pulse regimen of alternating probiotics and natural antibiotics...