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VSL #3 Capsules (60 caps) | Health and Beauty

by Sigma Tau

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$46.95

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VSL#3 Capsules for Ulcerative Colitis - 60 ea (Refrigerated Item= MUST be Shipped NEXT DAY AIR)

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 6 reviews)

Probiotic capsules by B. Bond (New York, NY United States)

5 Stars
November 02, 2009
I have chronic GI problems and this product has helped regulate my system more than yogurt or other natural products. "Normal" people may not need this, but I'm glad my doctor recommended it.

Thank goodness by N. Ondrasek (CA)

5 Stars
May 06, 2009
I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis a few months before my 22nd birthday. I tried all kinds of medications - Asacol, cortisone, Colazal, and Canasa. The cort did nothing, Asacol worked at first (when my disease was at it's mildest), and Colazal only worked somewhat if I used it in conjunction with Canasa. I basically experienced a continuous flareup that vascillated between liveable, bad, and really bad for about two years. My BMs never went back to what they were before I was diagnosed and I was starting to get desperate. Hence my purchase of VSL#3. I was really optimistic and hopeful that VSL#3 would work, mostly because of the events that preceded my diagnosis. Before I ever developed UC symptoms, I was extremely prone to infections and as a result, I took high doses of strong (and now we know sometimes dangerous) antibiotics several times a year. This went on for about two years. At the end of that period, I mysteriously stopped getting infections but developed a lack of fine motor control in both of my hands. At first I was told it was carpal tunnel, but a nerve study showed that this was an incorrect diagnosis and my orthopaedic doctor basically threw his hands up in the air and sent me on my way. About a year after that, I developed colitis, and with that came a whole host of symptoms that my gastroenterologist couldn't/didn't care to explain. I had joint pain; extreme swelling of the Achilles that would switch sides; swelling in my knees, elbow, finger, and jaw joints; swelling and painful bumps on the bottoms of my feet. It got to the point where I couldn't walk some days. Now I don't want to say that VSL is a miracle drug. I'm no doctor, but I am a biologist and I do understand how the body works. Colitis is supposedly a result of a chronically overactive immune system, which may result from the presence of certain types of bacteria in the colon. The antibiotics I had been on have since been linked to (surprise!): a particular type of colitis caused by antibiotics wiping out the normal flora in your intestine, which is replaced by rapidly reproducing pathogenic bacteria, AND joint, particularly wrist, problems. After I learned all of this, I proposed to my doctor that perhaps my history of antibiotic use had upset the balance of bacteria in my colon, which caused my immune system to overreact and begin attacking my own tissues, not just in my colon, but in my joints and tendons as well. This would have explained the wide range of strange symptoms I was having, but he, again, waved it off. Anyway, I said screw him and tried VSL anyway in the hopes that it would restore the balance of flora in my colon, if that were actually the problem. Low and behold, after two years of straight sufferring, within a couple of months of beginning VSL, I had my first normal BM. I am now taking 4 Colazal a day (instead of 9) and only using the Canasa every other day. Maybe it's not a miracle drug and my VSL use just happened to coincide with a freak trip into remission, as my doctor suggests. But I've learned not to trust everything my doctors say. They don't know everything, and I'm educated enough to make non-detrimental decisions for my own health.

This is the greatest product for a lot of people with ulcerative colitis. I have stopped all other medication and am so glad! by Sherry L. Subbert (Glendale, AZ United States)

5 Stars
March 18, 2009
VSL#3 has worked wonders for me and a couple of others that I know. I have stopped all other medications for 7 years now. Still take VSL#3 at least 3 times a week. Started out with 4 times a day and tapered it down over a couple of months. This has made my life happy and easily livable under any stressful condition. Strongly recommened this product to anyone with UC or IBC.

VSL#3 is a godsend! by Evan Lanier (Denver, CO USA)

5 Stars
December 30, 2008
I can't attest to whether this particular item is shipped correctly (refrigerated) because I purchase my VSL#3 direct; however, I do have to make a case for this amazing product. I've had GI issues ever since I was a young child -- my gastroenterologist finally determined that I had small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and fructose malabsorption. He suggested I take VSL#3 to correct my bacterial imbalance and I am soooo glad he did. I don't want to get too graphic, but just let me just say that my experience in the bathroom has dramatically improved for the better. I thought I would have to live with my GI issues forever and now I don't. Yes, VSL#3 is very expensive and it is not covered by my insurance, but it is still very much worth it to me. I have tried both the packets and the capsules and find the packets to be more effective from a cost and efficacy standpoint.

Used for Ulcerative Colitis by Carl (Perry, GA)

5 Stars
November 16, 2008
VSL#3 has helped to reduce the medication used to curb my son's colitis, and as reduced the flair-ups

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