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Posted 1/29/2015 8:50 AM (GMT -5)
I have been on acidopholus and I am drinking Kefir every day, but I think the Zithromax is catching up to me.  I thought it was the diet change to the lyme diet, but it isn't getting any better, and now most of the time I am having stomach cramps and diarrhea daily.  So I am looking for a better probiotic supplement to add.

My body is extremely sensitive to drugs and this is one of the only ones I am not allergic to, so I need to find a way to manage side effects.  I am allergic to penacillins, ceflosporins, and tetracylcins

Any suggestions? THANKS

Posted 1/29/2015 9:13 AM (GMT -5)
To help with diarrhea try Floristor (S. Boulardii). For a good quality multi strain probiotic try either VSL#3, Theralac, or Custom Probiotics brands. You get what you pay for, and look for over 100 billion cultures per serving.
Posted 1/29/2015 2:56 PM (GMT -5)
You could also try just raising the doses of what you are already using to see if that would help.
Posted 1/29/2015 8:50 PM (GMT -5)
Always check the non-medical ingredients. There are a lot of Probiotics out there that would be great if it weren't for the fillers. VSL for example has Maltese in it. A sugar and disaccharide that feeds Candida and is a no-no on the FODMAPS food list. I like NATREN, Bio-k, and Udos Super 8 Probiotics, which has potato starch in in instead of FOS.

FOS feeds a lot of the wrong bugs. So can insulin. Potato starch, I believe, is a better choice due to the resistant starch assisting in the Probiotics passageway to the colon and production of SCFAs.
Posted 1/30/2015 4:58 AM (GMT -5)
I take Ultimate Flora, Therelac, and s. Boulardi.
Posted 1/30/2015 7:42 AM (GMT -5)
I take Theralac, PrescriptAssist, Dr. O'hirra's and NOW 50 billion.

I also have yogurt and kefir every day.
Posted 2/2/2015 9:27 PM (GMT -5)
I use Klaire Labs probiotics and my VSL #3 probiotics just came in the mail so I will be trying it very soon. I read really good things about VSL #3. I think my dr wants me to take the VSL #3 in addition to the Klaire labs.
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