Study:Alternative Medicine use among IBD patients

The use of complementary and alternative medicine is widely prevalent among IBD patients, and is more frequent among those with experience of adverse effects of conventional medications. From this cross-sectional analysis, complementary and alternative medicine use does not appear to be associated with reduced overall adherence to medical therapy.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/757182

FYI:
This site, Medscape, is associated with WebMD. It is described as being available for medical professionals to have access to current studies, etc.
I was easily able to create a logon and look at the publications. One contained some discussion regarding the use of CAM (complementary alternative medicine).

If you register, you can use the search facility on the site. Entering "ulcerative colitis" will bring up quite a few entries. I read one about current treatment of different types of UC. VSL#3 was mentioned (I think) under alternative therapies along with fish oil. Further reading may prove interesting.