Does VSL#3 probiotics do any good to you according to your real experience?

VSL #3 worked for my son age 8 (diagnosed at age 4). His UC is particularly aggressive. Nothing else put him into such a great remission. And it happened almost immediately, within 2 days, but it lasted for only about 6-8 weeks before it quit working for him. Perhaps you will get even better results.

Good luck,

JsMom
Son 8 pancolitis. Subtotal colectomy 7/07.

Thank you guy for the responses. It seems no one in medical field can understand the etiology of the UC. This is why VLS#3 may work for some people while not do a thing for some others. I am gonna give a try once I am done with my Chinese Medicine experiments. I am trying Chinese Medicine now. Chinese Medicine seems working now. No bloating, no urgency, less mucus noted for past two days. I need to find out if insurance gonna pay for it. Thank you. I will keep you all updated. Peter

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36 yrs male. From Arizona

Thanks. I will check for C-diff too. Peter

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36 yrs male. From Arizona

Thanks for your helps. Sory I didn't email you back even I've been thinking about it. I am using the prescription from my family's friend, who is practicing Chinese Medicine. I will keep you updated how things go.

Most often Infection in the body is Candida infection. Many UC have sysptoms of Candida infection. You may do a stool sample test for Candida. Talk with your GI Doc. Thanks Peter

http://www.womentowomen.com/digestionandgihealth/candida.aspx

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36 yrs male. From Arizona

Hopefully it works for you Peter. I think the treatment will work better when I get this yeast thing under control.

Yes, something about meridian (sp?) lines. Apparently the tea has digestive enzymes that take the burden off the body for the most part. I think the problem occurred when I started on the diet which opened the door to carbs, more than I was originally taking--normally I was consuming plenty of chicken/turkey, but this had to be eliminated. What also seemed to help, which is probably the only real anti-inflammatory herb were these indigo capsules I started to take... they appeared to help some. I don't care much for the theory, I have no idea how much of it is true in a strict sense, but pragmatically if it works then I am on board. I think some of the diet is bogus (such as the high carbs), I need to be more selective and looking at some of his reasoning behind what can be taken, I am quite doubtful. E.g. Avoid even organic chicken because it has bacteria that is harmful, but I proved to him that the standards for this kind of chicken are much higher than standard ones. Plus, he said I cannot have milk products, not because of the lactose, but the milk protein cannot be digested, which I am thinking is too much of a gross generalization. Yogurt and cheese are such a great source of probiotic, metabiotic, and prebiotic components, along with calcium and other vits... something which hasn't been a problem with me in the past and ample benefits doesn't make sense to avoid. I am wondering if he is generalizing Crohn's too much with UC. Anyhow, that is my rant :) The good news is that I am seeing some real improvement: formed stool, rarely blood, and now less bloating.

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Pancolitis '04

I swear by VSL3 but I dont like the pills - the sachets only work of rme at 4 per day.

bob

I tried VSL#3 for 8 weeks with no noticeable difference.  Everyone is different, maybe it will work for you, it didn't for me

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Diagnosed UC 1999