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Posted 1/25/2009 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
Can I eat my Asacols and well as drink my Probitics just before going to bed or should I do it a different times?
Posted 1/25/2009 10:51 PM (GMT 0)
I have the same question Qvist!!
Posted 1/26/2009 12:49 AM (GMT 0)
what are these probitics that people keep talking about is it somehting you can jus buy or need dr for?
Posted 1/26/2009 8:46 AM (GMT 0)

You just them.

e.g. http://www.vitaviva.com/Store/catalog/Probiotics-Lactic-acid-bacteria,18,en.aspx

sounga said...
what are these probitics that people keep talking about is it somehting you can jus buy or need dr for?

Posted 1/26/2009 10:51 AM (GMT 0)
     I take six Colazal a day with my meals.  I also take two probiotics daily.  One with my morning meal and one with my evening meal.
Posted 1/26/2009 11:44 AM (GMT 0)
Well the recommendation is to take it on empty stomach to reduce the time it is in the stomach before travelling further into your system.

Christine1946 said...
     I take six Colazal a day with my meals.  I also take two probiotics daily.  One with my morning meal and one with my evening meal.

Posted 1/26/2009 11:46 AM (GMT 0)
     Oh well, I have been doing this since June and seems to be working for me.
Posted 1/27/2009 1:31 AM (GMT 0)
"Well the recommendation is to take it on empty stomach" - which one? - Asacol or probiotics?
Posted 1/27/2009 3:03 AM (GMT 0)
Probiotics, on an empty stomach. Unless they upset your stomach (Align gave me a tummy ache).
Asacol, shouldn't matter, it's got that tough coating that shouldn't dissolve until it gets to your colon.
Posted 1/27/2009 4:25 AM (GMT 0)
If it doesn't specify on your bottle of probiotics then that generally means it makes no difference if it's with or without food. As far as taking it with your meds, that shouldn't really make any difference either but you can always wait an hour in between if you're concerned about it...or ask your doc.

:)
Posted 1/27/2009 7:58 AM (GMT 0)
On my Asacols it says to wait 1-2 hours before eating after you've taken them.
On my Priobotics it says - on empty stomach just before bedtime.
Posted 1/27/2009 8:51 PM (GMT 0)
Wierd, on my probiotics it actually says  "full stomach". That's the first I've heard that...I always took them on an empty stomach before bed, but I switched kinds and this one says full stomach. Has anyone head that before?

Posted 1/27/2009 9:03 PM (GMT 0)
Hello everyone -- I've been Asacol for 30+ years and always take after breakfast and before evening meal -- no adverse affects. I use a Soya probiotic on my breakfast porridge. All seems to work fine - been in remission since mid- Sept and eating everything but lactose free for 30 years too. Happy healing ! Kath
Posted 1/27/2009 9:09 PM (GMT 0)

Here's what it says on the website of the probiotics I am taking. I don't know if they are good or not, but they were recommended to me.

"All probiotic supplements work most effectively if taken after meals, when stomach acid is lowest. Stomach acid destroys up to 99.9% of probiotics if taken before a meal but only about 90% if taken after the meal."

Any truth to this?

Posted 1/27/2009 9:10 PM (GMT 0)
I always take my medicine in the morning because that's the most likely time I will remember, but I don't eat breakfast so I always took everything on an empty stomach. Maybe that's why the probiotics seemed to give me so much trouble.
Posted 1/27/2009 9:32 PM (GMT 0)

Pushingforward said...

Here's what it says on the website of the probiotics I am taking. I don't know if they are good or not, but they were recommended to me.

"All probiotic supplements work most effectively if taken after meals, when stomach acid is lowest. Stomach acid destroys up to 99.9% of probiotics if taken before a meal but only about 90% if taken after the meal."

Any truth to this?

I believe I have seen it is possible to buy coated probiotics? That should ensure more of it survives the travelling through the stomach?

 

 


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