Guest guest Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 I developed a pretty severe intolerance to dairy/casein after a round of antibiotics last spring. After about 8 months of being GF/CF and trying 5 or so other (cheaper) brands of probiotics, a GI finally recommended VSL#3 to me, and it WORKED. Of course, your issues may be very different than mine were, and I'm not Celiac (my kids are), but I can eat dairy without any issues at all now, which was well worth the $80 to me. Good luck-On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:29 PM, ahpril8 <ahpril8@...> wrote: Hi all- Dr. Aron recommended that I try the probiotic VSL#3 Its $86 for 30 packets and the website recommends 1-4 packets/day. Wow! I searched old messages and see that has recommended it. Has anyone else tried it? Does it work? Is it worth the cost? How much $$ is too much to justify for something that might help me feel better? or might work as poorly as the other 3 less expensive probiotics I've tried? any other recommendations for less expensive probiotics that you've found to work? /april Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 I haven't tried it, but it is the only probiotic my gi recommended it, as it apparently is the only one that has been sufficiently tested. -----Original Message----- From: ahpril8 <ahpril8@...> Sent: Thu, Jul 1, 2010 10:29 pm Subject: [ ] Probiotic VSL3 Hi all- Dr. Aron recommended that I try the probiotic VSL#3 Its $86 for 30 packets and the website recommends 1-4 packets/day. Wow! I searched old messages and see that has recommended it. Has anyone else tried it? Does it work? Is it worth the cost? How much $$ is too much to justify for something that might help me feel better? or might work as poorly as the other 3 less expensive probiotics I've tried? any other recommendations for less expensive probiotics that you've found to work? /april Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Where do you buy it?Sent from my iPhoneOn Jul 2, 2010, at 9:24 AM, TrVerb@... wrote: I haven't tried it, but it is the only probiotic my gi recommended it, as it apparently is the only one that has been sufficiently tested. -----Original Message----- From: ahpril8 <ahpril8@...> Sent: Thu, Jul 1, 2010 10:29 pm Subject: [ ] Probiotic VSL3 Hi all- Dr. Aron recommended that I try the probiotic VSL#3 Its $86 for 30 packets and the website recommends 1-4 packets/day. Wow! I searched old messages and see that has recommended it. Has anyone else tried it? Does it work? Is it worth the cost? How much $$ is too much to justify for something that might help me feel better? or might work as poorly as the other 3 less expensive probiotics I've tried? any other recommendations for less expensive probiotics that you've found to work? /april Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 http://www.vsl3.com/They do have a list of local retailers on their site, but the one I tried didn't have it in stock when I wanted it so I ended up ordering. They ship pretty quickly. -On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Marci Riseman <mriseman@...> wrote: Where do you buy it?Sent from my iPhone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Hi sarahWhen you say 'it worked' what do you mean? I've taken a probiotic in the past but can't say I noticed a difference. Maybe I didn't give it a chance?Thanks!Trish Tobin(sent from my mobile, please forgive typos)From: <beznadan@...>Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 7:56 AM Subject: Re: [ ] Probiotic VSL3 I developed a pretty severe intolerance to dairy/casein after a round of antibiotics last spring. After about 8 months of being GF/CF and trying 5 or so other (cheaper) brands of probiotics, a GI finally recommended VSL#3 to me, and it WORKED. Of course, your issues may be very different than mine were, and I'm not Celiac (my kids are), but I can eat dairy without any issues at all now, which was well worth the $80 to me. Good luck-On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:29 PM, ahpril8 <ahpril8hotmail> wrote: Hi all- Dr. Aron recommended that I try the probiotic VSL#3 Its $86 for 30 packets and the website recommends 1-4 packets/day. Wow! I searched old messages and see that has recommended it. Has anyone else tried it? Does it work? Is it worth the cost? How much $$ is too much to justify for something that might help me feel better? or might work as poorly as the other 3 less expensive probiotics I've tried? any other recommendations for less expensive probiotics that you've found to work? /april Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 I mean that I went from pretty severe GI distress after eating any trace of dairy to being able to eat as much dairy as I please with no ill effects. I believe it fixed whatever imbalance the antibiotics caused in my system that left me unable to digest dairy (I had no problems with dairy before that particular round of new-to-me antibiotics). I had a complete physical and a handful of specific tests that the GI ordered, and everything came back completely normal, so she recommended probiotics. I asked if there were specific brands I should look for, since I had tried some previously, and she mentioned that she had good anecdotal feedback from other patients with the VSL3. I took one packet a day for about a month. I don't have any idea how much these would help someone with general intestinal malaise, but they really helped my specific problem. I didn't notice any improvement when I tried other brands of probiotics prior to the VSL3. Hope that helps-On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Trish Tobin <tobintrish@...> wrote: Hi sarahWhen you say 'it worked' what do you mean? I've taken a probiotic in the past but can't say I noticed a difference. Maybe I didn't give it a chance? Thanks!Trish Tobin(sent from my mobile, please forgive typos)From: <beznadan@...> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 7:56 AM Subject: Re: [ ] Probiotic VSL3 I developed a pretty severe intolerance to dairy/casein after a round of antibiotics last spring. After about 8 months of being GF/CF and trying 5 or so other (cheaper) brands of probiotics, a GI finally recommended VSL#3 to me, and it WORKED. Of course, your issues may be very different than mine were, and I'm not Celiac (my kids are), but I can eat dairy without any issues at all now, which was well worth the $80 to me. Good luck- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 Thanks for sharing . In addition to the VSL3 website you can get it on Amazon as well. on Amazon, the pill form of VSL3 got 5 stars and rave reviews by 10 people and 1 star by one person but only because he had shipping problems. No reviews on amazon of the powdered version. I think I'm going to give it a try. I'll post again after i've tried it for a few weeks and let you all know if it helps my general celiac " i'm still healing " tiredness and malaise. /april > > > > > > > Hi sarah > > > > When you say 'it worked' what do you mean? I've taken a probiotic in the > > past but can't say I noticed a difference. Maybe I didn't give it a chance? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Trish Tobin > > (sent from my mobile, please forgive typos) > > > > ------------------------------ > > From: <beznadan@...> > > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 7:56 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [ ] Probiotic VSL3 > > > > > > > > I developed a pretty severe intolerance to dairy/casein after a round of > > antibiotics last spring. After about 8 months of being GF/CF and trying 5 > > or so other (cheaper) brands of probiotics, a GI finally recommended VSL#3 > > to me, and it WORKED. Of course, your issues may be very different than > > mine were, and I'm not Celiac (my kids are), but I can eat dairy without any > > issues at all now, which was well worth the $80 to me. > > Good luck > > - > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 > any other recommendations for less expensive probiotics that you've found to work? > > /april Probiotics, in my opinion, work wonderfully and VSL has done wonders for me. Especially when one needs the " supercharged " effects in balancing one's system after extreme stress or antibiotics. Well worth the money and I keep some around all the time. That being said, I also know that probiotics are " transitory " . You need to replenish them because they move through you. When in balance they do self generate, but I like to think I'm encouraging a nice healthy garden inside by adding some now and again. So what's a cheaper, non dairy solution? I too am GF/CF (add soy and egg intolerance - yippee skippee). Of course now they sell expensive yogurts to keep one " regular " but not everyone thinks of the benefits of the live cultures in sauerkraut. And there are some good local suppliers of fresh kraut everywhere I look. Some are only $4 I also add l-glutamine to my probiotic regimen when I'm feeling like the gut needs a boost. Read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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