Acidophilus Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: 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.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 40 |
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5 | |||
| Other | 13 |
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3 | ||||
| Bowel problems | 12 |
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3 | ||
| Support another treatment | 7 |
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4 | |||
| Yeast Infection (Candida albicans) | 7 |
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2 | |||
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) | 6 |
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2 |
See all 95 patients currently taking Acidophilus
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Acidophilus. See all 22 dosages ►
| 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 | 1 tab(s) daily | 2 daily | 2 tab(s) daily | 3 daily | 10 mg daily | 20 mg daily | 50 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 159 mg daily | 900 mg daily | ||
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2
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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3
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1
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56
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2
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2
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3
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1
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1
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1
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1
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5
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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7 | 44% |
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Did not seem to work
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5 | 31% |
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 13% |
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Expense
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1 | 6% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 6% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 6% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Patient Evaluations
See all 16 patient evaluations
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- jmscout
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- jmscout
- daily
- since Sep 16, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- expastrychef
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- expastrychef
- - as needed
- since Feb 23, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Bowel problems
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- Babsy56
- Pain: Little
- Fatigue: All
- Sleep: All
- Stiffness: All
- function: None
- external_stress: Some
- Stickman: all
- Description:57y
- FM:15y Dx
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- Babsy56
- daily
- since Jan 28, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Most people with FM have yeast in their intestines and should be tested. See full evaluation
See all 16 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.