I'd be surprised if you *noticed* anything with S. Boulardii. It seems to be used mainly to reduce the risk of C. Diff. It is a strain of yeast, so I don't know about the "if you have a lot of yeast" part.

I agree that it is more of a preventative than a curative sort of thing. I took it it for about a year and didn't notice any real improvement in function. In regard to the yeast thing though, I believe the concept is that it is a beneficial yeast that competes with problematic yeasts, like Canida.

Jan

I take it while on cipro in the hopes of preventing c. diff.

I take it for c.diff prevention as I had recurrences of it off and on over 8 months. It has not recurred since I started taking it. I don't know it it's because I've been taking it or not. It's not the overall probiotic we would think of as using for pouchitis prevention.

I take VSL#3DS for pouchitis prevention and also eat Greek yogurt. There are many other types of probiotics that others on here use. VSL#3DS is just the only one that has been studied in connection with pouchitis. There is a paper written on-line about it by Dr. Shen and some other doctors. It's the only one that is sold as a prescription and can be costly if your insurance doesn't cover it.

I've been taking it for several years. I've taken several of the different probiotics that people on this site have mentioned, too. I haven't had pouchitis or C. Dif on it. My system works well with it.