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Acidophilus Treatment Report

Brand Names: Acidophilus plus Bifidus, Acidophilus Pearls, BioPro Acidophilis
See also: Chewable Acidophilus, Flora

What is Acidophilus? Lactobacillus acidophilus is one of several bacteria used in the production of yoghurt. Acidophilus is considered a probiotic or "friendly bacteria", outcompeting more harmful microorganisms for their food supply. People take acidophilus to help digestion or boost their immune system.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons taken

110 patients in the community are taking or have taken Acidophilus.

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Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 39 35%
Bowel problems 12 10%
Other 11 10%
Support another treatment 8 7%
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) 5 4%
Yeast Infection (Candida albicans) 5 4%
Constipation 4 3%
Improve immune function 3 2%
disease-related symptoms 2 1%
ibs 1 <1%

Other treatments patients are taking for General health include Multivitamins, Omega 3 Fish Oil, and Vitamin C.

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Acidophilus.

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All (Show top 10)

  1 as needed 2 - as needed 2tab(s) as needed 2tbs. as needed 4tab(s) as needed 50 as needed - as needed as needed daily weekly 1 daily 1 other daily 2 daily 2 tab(s) daily 3 daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 900 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 56 Number of Patients: 56 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Acidophilus or how long patients were taking Acidophilus before stopping.

Currently Taking Acidophilus

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
5
6
13
10
16

Stopped Taking Acidophilus

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
4
3
3
3
2
Why Patients Stopped Taking Acidophilus (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 7 44% Other: 44%
Did not seem to work 5 31% Did not seem to work: 31%
Course of treatment ended 2 13% Course of treatment ended: 13%
Expense 1 6% Expense: 6%
Doctor's advice 1 6% Doctor's advice: 6%
Not indicated 1 6% Not indicated: 6%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 15 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate 60% 3
Slight 40% 2

General health

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 15

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 15 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 15)

  • jmscout
    Sex: F
    Sensation: None
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • jmscout
  • by jmscout
    Sep 16, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health

  • Babsy56
    Pain: Little
    Fatigue: All
    Sleep: All
    Stiffness: All
    function: None
    external_stress: Some
    Stickman: all
    Description:57y
    FM:15y Dx
    See profile
  • Babsy56
  • by Babsy56
    Jan 28, 2009
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
Most people with FM have yeast in their intestines and should be tested.

See all evaluation results for Acidophilus

Report created on November 08, 2009.