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What is Probiotics?

Dietary supplement containing bacteria or yeast. Probiotics are live microorganisms (in most cases, bacteria) that are similar to beneficial microorganisms found in the human gut.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 67 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Bowel irritability 30 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Bowel problems 29 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Support digestive health 18 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 15 3 Efficacy_major
Fibromyalgia 7 0

See all 217 patients currently taking Probiotics

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 35

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Probiotics

Diarrhea 1
Stomach upset 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Probiotics. See all 69 dosages ►

  daily 1 mg daily 1 g daily 1 cap(s) daily 1 other daily 2 other daily 3 other daily 100 mg daily 500 mg daily 1,000 mg daily
  18 Number of Patients: 18 9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 52 Number of Patients: 52 30 Number of Patients: 30 6 Number of Patients: 6 5 Number of Patients: 5 6 Number of Patients: 6 6 Number of Patients: 6  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Probiotics (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 11   Other: 30%
Expense 7   Expense: 19%
Course of treatment ended 6   Course of treatment ended: 16%
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 14%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 14%
Not indicated 4   Not indicated: 11%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 5%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 3%

See all 36 patients who’ve stopped taking Probiotics

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Probiotics

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Probiotics

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Probiotics

Always
 24 67%
Usually
 11 31%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Probiotics

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 6%
A little
 6 17%
Not at all
 28 78%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Probiotics

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 8 36%
< $25
 14 64%

Report created on May 28, 2012.