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Posted 12/27/2012 8:58 PM (GMT 0)
I know some here take this but I was wondering if anyone has taken it and had a bad reaction. Since finding out that I probably have both UC and IBS I have found that B infantis and prebiotics could be of help to me, both of which are in Benebiotics. Unfortunately, it also has S. boulardii in it, which I had a very bad reaction to when I took the probiotic Florastor. That is the only ingredient in Florastor. I'm leaning toward not trying benebiotics and just getting B. Infantis and a prebiotic seperately.
Posted 12/27/2012 9:13 PM (GMT 0)
I take Benebiotics every day with no issues. I chose it because it has the wide range of strains including S. Boulardii and is enteric coated so it will get by stomach acid. If you get it from their website, there is a guarantee or money back.
http://www.benebiotics.com/our-guarantee/
I order it from there every time. Shipping was one price - $4.95 for as many bottles as you order.

I ordered Jarrow S. Boulardii took it for a while when I was trying different probiotics including VSL#3.
Then I think I read somewhere that S. B. alone is not meant to be taken on a long term basis.

I guess I would check the amount/form of S. Boulardii in Florastor as opposed to Benebiotics. Also were there other ingredients in Florastor that may have caused the problem?

Checked ingred....Florastor contains lactose.
Posted 12/27/2012 9:17 PM (GMT 0)
I've taken it as well as Benebiotics, Mutaflor, Natren, Digestive advantage, Florstar, Threelac, Klaire Labs, Jarrow's, Digestive Advantage, Cultrelle, Candida Freedom, VSL#3 you name it....not one have I ever took, did I noticed improvement and they all give me gas. I would say thats maybe cuz it's killing bad bacteria and I've a herx reaction? I never heard of anyone saying a probiotic put them into remission.
Posted 12/27/2012 11:02 PM (GMT 0)
IAS, how did you like the jarrow sacro b? my mom bought me a bottle for xmas but it's not SCD legal since it has OGS (whatever that is). did you have any problems with this brand?
Posted 12/27/2012 11:42 PM (GMT 0)
"I never heard of anyone saying a probiotic put them into remission"


while i can't say with any amount of certainty that they did, i also can't say for sure they didn't -
Posted 12/28/2012 12:26 AM (GMT 0)
According to studies VSL has put many into remission although I have never personally ever heard of even one.
Posted 12/28/2012 11:56 AM (GMT 0)
No issues with me either. Actually, I preferred Benebiotics to VSL#3 DS, because of inulin and mode of administration. But if you are sensitive to the yeast then better stay away from it.
Posted 12/28/2012 1:07 PM (GMT 0)

garylouisville said...
According to studies VSL has put many into remission although I have never personally ever heard of even one.

Allegedly VSL at the therapeutic dose (8 packs per day for active disease I think?) works as well as oral 5ASAs in patients who are intolerant or refractory to 5ASAs. Some have posted here that upping their VSL dose nipped an oncoming flare in the bud. But I'll agree the anecdotal results have never seemed as strong as what comes out of the studies.
Posted 12/28/2012 11:31 PM (GMT 0)
bananagirl
I think you mean MOS. This is the ingredient in S. Boulardii:
Bio-MOS® [derived from S. cerevisiae, source of MOS (MannanOligoSaccharides)] 200 mg *

Sac. cerevisiae is a species of yeast.
(You can google or bing any ingredient you're not sure of.)

I had no trouble with Jarrow.
:-)
Posted 12/28/2012 11:34 PM (GMT 0)
I've not seen studies that say VSL#3 puts people into remission. What I have seen are recommendations to use it with a j-pouch.

I haven't read posts in the past year that suggest probiotics alone will result in remission. Maybe I missed them.
Posted 12/29/2012 12:25 AM (GMT 0)
Here is an interesting link:


http://cureforulcerativecolitis.com/scientificmedical-studies

Posted 12/29/2012 8:19 PM (GMT 0)
Gary-
That website is where InSoFla got a lot of advice that helped in her recovery. I've recommended it to several people as well.

I compared the 8 strains of bacteria in VSL3 to the 18 strains in Benebiotics.
Benebiotics contains mostly the same as VSL and has many more including S. Boulardii and inulin. Perhaps it comes down to total number of units.

I think I'm going to double the amount of Benebiotics that I take daily to see what happens. Can't hurt and it's a lot less expensive than getting VSL3.

The 8 strains in VSL3 are:
Bifidobacterium breve
Bifidobacterium longum
Bifidobacterium infantis
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Lactobacillus plantarum
Lactobacillus paracasei
Lactobacillus bulgaricus
Streptococcus thermophilus
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