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Posted 4/30/2010 2:56 AM (GMT 0)
Hi there, I usually post on the IBS board but one of your kind "regulars", puffed rice, posted on the IBS board about this product (Critical Flora Critical Care 50 Billion). I've been taking Nature's Way Primadophilus Bifidus and sometimes doubling that dose but that only comes to 10 Billion. I purchased the Critical Flora one and the clerk highly recommended the highest dose, 50 Billion. I've taken it for two nights, before bedtime on an empty stomach. She promised me it would not give me diarrhea (which can happen with my touchy gut). But now I'm approaching a fun weekend at my daughter's college campus and I don't want something to happen. Did I choose a bad time to try much higher levels of probiotics? Or is the clerk correct, that going from 10 to 50 billion won't give me D? My gut does seem different, hard to describe but my stool is formed (which has been my goal for 11 years now). Occasionally I feel a flutter down there, and think oh no, you know what is going to erupt at any moment but then it passes. Which is a pleasant but odd feeling, because they've been so few all these years.

My gut is usually a major mess and while I don't quite fall into your UC group, I'm hoping you all can help me this one time and tell me - should I continue on this product even if I'm going out of town for 3 days or skip it and start anew Sunday night? I also read that sometimes when you take probiotics at these high levels a person can go thru a purging effect, the colon is ridding itself of the bad bacteria. And you don't feel well at first. But wouldn't I know by now if that was going to be the case?

Thank you so much.
Posted 4/30/2010 5:24 AM (GMT 0)
I've not had any negative effects from them...on occasion I've doubled up.

If you're feeling you'll have diarrhea, maybe consider an imodium.

q
Posted 4/30/2010 10:44 AM (GMT 0)
I had issues with D, but read that it may be due to my lactose intolerance and the ingredients in the ultra 50 billion??

Anyone else have these issues?
Posted 4/30/2010 11:31 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks to both of you. I took another dose last night because I do feel as though this product is helping (level everything out in my lower gut). I don't actually have D, but experience up to 20 bm's a day and my stool can vary, which is very annoying - the dumping after a meal, the dreaded putty stage (I hate this stage, so messy, I need more than 1 flush). A few times I've experienced D but mostly since I have no where inside for stool to collect and back up, it just keeps coming and coming, as long as I continue to eat. That is the only thing that can effectively stop bm's - eliminate solids and it all quiets down. I of course continue to consume fluids but on a regular basis eat light when traveling, skip dinner before a social event, etc.

But even on top of doing all that, my gut can be rather noisy, I feel pregnant again and my daughters are 19 and 22! My stomach can heave, roll, swell up to where I do look pregnant again (which looks really out of place on someone my age, I'm turning 55 in 3 weeks!).

I did notice the Nature's Way 5 Billion helped, even doubling it. But it wasn't enough.

I also feel a little better this morning, I saw online the Critical Care one with 200 Billion. 50 isn't freaking me out as much now that I know some of you might take 200!

Thanks so much for your input. Appreciate it.
Posted 4/30/2010 11:38 AM (GMT 0)
I think if you were going to have a bad reaction you would know by now. I've tkane Ulimate Flora for months at a time and have sometimes taken two per day with no ill effects..... right now I'm doing this VSL thing with 900 billion per dose, and - again, didn't notice any negative difference.

Enjoy your weekend, and it sounds as if the Ultimate is helping!
Posted 4/30/2010 12:29 PM (GMT 0)
songlady - thanks so much. These were my thoughts as well, I started taking it Tuesday evening at bedtime. By now I'd know if it was going to induce D.

Sometimes I half wonder if I should hang out on the UC forum. My symptoms do not line up specifically on one forum but the UC forum members seem very informed on probiotics. I can clearly see why they would greatly help you. And even though the health store clerk was helpful saying D wouldn't occur, in the back of your mind you're thinking - she could be just trying to sell me a product. lol Sometimes I find it's best to go to the experts - people who take the very product I'm inquiring about!

So thanks again......
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