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New here! Looking for expertise on Visbiome - my surgeon and his office aren't up to speed on it. Few questions:
  • For pouchitis, I was prescribed the capsules - 2 capsules 2x/day, but now see the Visbiome pamphlet seems to only recommend the powder packets for pouchitis. But, it says 2-4 packets/day for "maintenance or prevention" - what about for active pouchitis? Are the packets better - and how many a day? (side note - the Flagyl helped immediately and I'm feeling good at the moment...)
  • I'm on Flagyl (3 times a day for 14 days), it says to not take Visbiome within 4 hours of antibiotics. That seems impossible when taking the antibiotic 3xday. I suppose I'll need to take a Visbiome dose in the middle of the night. Any other tips?
  • For maintenance and prevention of pouchitis, do you all take the packets - 2-4/day?
It's an expensive supplement to not use in the ideal way!
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I take a maximal dose of the very similar VSL #3 DS (4 packets per day). Since I’m also on antibiotics the timing was tricky. I experimented with once per day dosing (of Cipro and Flagyl) and it seemed to work as well as split dosing, so I take my probiotic at breakfast and dinner, and my antibiotic at bedtime. Maybe ask your doctor if less frequent antibiotic dosing would be okay?

The capsules are a much lower dose then the packets. Most pouchers are taking one or two packets a day.  It's really what works for you. Most of us also seem to only end up on antibiotics twice a day, I would take mine morning and evening and the probiotic at lunch.

I take one packet a day for preventative maintenance and I up the dose to twice if I am feeling unwell and after antibiotics.

Hope this helps, good luck.

Hi, I've just gotten some Visbiome packets (the extra strength kind). I've had off and on bouts of pouchitis for years, with flare ups twice a year. But lately it seems to come creeping back as soon as I finish the antibiotics.  I've just finished a regimen 250 mg of Cipro every other day for about 8 weeks.

Those of you that use Visbiome, are you using it to prevent pouchitis, or make it go away, or both? I'm not sure if I should just start taking it now to hopefully ward off the P, or wait and see if it comes back and then start taking Visbiome to make it go away.

Thanks for any advice!

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