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VSL3# Probiotic
Clinical Trials
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Culturelle
Lactobacillus GG
Relieve digestive
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Garden of Life
Primal Defense Capsules:
Probiotic with HSOs

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Probiotic OMX12+:
Dr Ohhira's Award Winning Formula

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Spectra Probiotic: Provides 8 Specially Selected Strains of Microflora
prebiotics & probiotics
FOS and bifidus

Reasearch Studies Supporting the Efficacy of VSL#3

1. Gionchetti P. et al.
   Oral bacteriotherapy as maintenance treatment in patients with chronic pouchitis.
   Gastroenterology 2000; 119(2):305-309.




2. Gionchetti P. et al.
   Prophylaxis of pouchitis onset with probiotic therapy.
   Gastroeterology 2003; 124(5):1202-1209




3. Venturi A. et al.
   Impact on the composition of the fecal flora by a new probiotic preparation.
   Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 1999; 13(8):1103-1108




4. Campieri M. et al.
   Combination of antibiotic and probiotic treatment is efficacious in prophylaxis of post-operative recurrence of Crohn's disease.
   Gastroenterology 2000; 118:A4179




5. Delia P. et al.
   Prevention of radiation-induced diarrhea with the use of VSL#3, a new high-potency probiotic preparation.
   Am. J. Gastroenterology 2002; 97(8):13-15.




6. Kim HJ. et al.
   A randomized controlled trial of a probiotic, VSL#3, on gut transit and symptoms in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.
   Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2003; 17:895-904




7. Bazzocchi G. et al.
   Changes in symptoms, distension-stimulated colonic motility and in fecal microbiological features after oral bacteriotherapy in patients with diarrhea-predominant IBS (D-IBS) or with functional diarrhea (FD).
   Am. J. Gastroenterology 2002; 97(9):A847




8. Mimura T. el al.
   Once daily high dose probiotic therapy maintains remission and improved quality of life in patients with recurrent or refractory pouchitis.
   Gastroenterology 2002; 122:A81




9. Brigidi P. et al.
   Effects of probiotic administration upon the composition and enzymatic activity of human fecal microbiota in patients with irritable bowel syndrome or functional diarrhea.
   Res. Microbiol. 2001; 152:735-41.




10. Balfour RB.
    Editorial: Probiotics in Chronic Pouchitis: Restoring Luminal Microbial Balance.
    Gastroenterology 2000: 119(2):584-585.




11. Katz JA.
    Editorial:Prevention is the Best Defence: Probiotic Prophylaxis of Pouchitis.
    Gastroenterology 2003; 124(5):1535-1537.

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