Sharon, awhile ago you mentioned a probiotic that you purchased from Cosco do you remember the name? I am now taking the VSL#3 but I noticed it is starting to bother me. It gives me but burn I don't know why. I don't even know if they sell that probiotic here in the US. In fact I didn't know that they had Cosco in the UK. I would like to see if that helps me the way it helps you. I hope you are feeling better Thanks Grace
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Hi Grace,
I just started taking VSL #3 as well and it makes me feel uncomfortable too. I feel bloated for about an hour or so right after I take it. I've been told this will get better as your body gets used to it so I'm trying to give it some time before I give up. Sharon had mentioned in response to one of my posts that she takes the Costco chewable probiotics. I checked last time I was there and didn't see them but maybe you can get them online? Or maybe you're local Costco will have them.
thanks jipalmer I will look on line I have been taking
vsl for sometime now but I don't know why for the last couple of weeks it has been bothering me. I may try it again. I have been struggling with bronchitis so maybe with the erythromycin antibiotic that I have been on is the reason Thanks again Grace
Grace-
If anything your effective dose of VSL is reduced by the erythromycin. Why do you think it's the VSL and not the erythro?
HI Scott I didn't think of that. I do remember when I first started to take vsl which was a few months after surgery I would have that burning butt so I stopped. About a year later I started to take it again It did bother me in the beginning but I stayed with it and it was ok. I didn't think it was the antibiotic that I was taking for bronchitis was the cause of the burning I was having. I will have to try it again now that I am off the antibiotic. I still take cypro and flagyl rotating every two weeks for pouchitis. I am still having problems with bloating and gas. I do take gasx and beano it helps a little. I started to take lomotil in the morning again and Imodium during the day. I do try eating every few hours during the day when I am home my bathroom issues are many trips to the bathroom. When I am out I try not to eat because I would be stopping in every store restroom. It is usually gas along with stool. I have the control it is just a way of life that I am used to. Thanks for letting me think that it could of been the antibiotic that I was taking plus the vsl that would give me burning butt. Thanks Grace
