where do i start?? i am a no medicine taking a** but after some severe stomach problems i did start taking these on the advice of a physician. now let me say, he did not order these by name..just told me to suck it up and get some..my local pharmacist is who actually recommended this particular brand. with that said...i took these for a week back in march of this year and after experiencing extreme bloating (in the meds defense i was already having LOTS of problems) i stopped taking them. it took all of 5 seconds to realize that i was already feeling better overall despite the bloating so back to taking them i went..it is now december and i have not missed one single dose. i still have the original problem..it has not made that go away but then we (the dr. and i) did not exactly expect it too either. what it has done is make me feel better overall day to day and has most unexpectedly caused my hair to start growing again. my hair was falling out by the handfuls. running my fingers through it would break it without a sound and it had gotten so thin you could literally see my scalp through the hair. without a doubt, i had a receding hairline that would rival any man. within two months i started to see new growth but truthfully at first i chalked it up to hairs i broke by pushing my glasses on top of my head (i am bad to do that). after just another month and it was plainly obvious that was not the case. my hair now has so much new growth that i look like alfalfa off the little rascals (lol), it's sooo much more shiny and healthy looking and if one breaks, i feel that junk now!! don't get me wrong, i'm not saying everyone else would have these results but i'm not saying that it's a fluke either..all i can tell you is what it's done for me. i am a believer and i will probably literally cry if these are ever taken off the market. lol!

Along with all the other not-so-nice things that have happened as I got into my late 70's, the behavior of my bowels changed dramatically. Diarrhea or near diarrhea and huge amounts of gas occurred most days. My last colonoscopy 4 years ago discovered (and removed) a few polyps, but there was no indication of anything else wrong. When I complained to my doctor that something WAS wrong, he suggested taking Zantac at the end of the day (I already take omeprazole every morning to control stomach acid and have done so for the last 15+ years). The Zantac did nothing. It wasn't until I had to change doctors that a physician's assistant suggested a probiotic. I was skeptical because on my own I had tried the major probiotics (Align and Culturelle) a couple of years ago and they had no effect. But I went ahead and tried one again. It reportedly contained 11 bacterial strains "“ many more than the others I looked at. Took it for 30 days. Did nothing.

Then by pure chance, I happened to be in a store to buy something else and remembered that I was out of probiotic. The store carried Phillips' Colon Health, so that's what I bought. Turns out that for me, this was a MAJOR FIND!!! Over the years, my opinion about probiotics is that they're hit or miss. That is, it's my guess that every individual's intestinal bacteria are somewhat unique. When things go wrong, the bacterial strains required to fix the problem are probably not the same as what someone else needs. So a given probiotic may work for one person and do nothing for another. In any case, it is crystal clear that the makeup of Phillips' Colon Health probiotic (it contains only 3 strains: Lactobacillus gasseri, Bifodobacterium bifidum, and Bifodobacterium longum) is exactly what I needed. It has made a sea change difference in my life. After only 8 days (1 pill/day), the diarrhea and gas were both dramatically reduced, and in the 10 days since (I've taken the probiotic for just 18 days), I'm essentially back to the intestinal behavior I had 5 years ago.

Question is, if you're looking for a probiotic, will this work for you? Maybe; maybe not. But based on my experience, I STRONGLY recommend giving this one a try.

My wife poops like a champ with these.

I have actually been using this product for years. I have taken it to stop what some doctors called irritable bowl syndrome, everything gave me severe cramping along with diarrhea. Not any more!!! Another doctor recommended it because as an elementary school teacher I would get ill, needing a prescription, 4 or 5 times a year. Now I get just a cold about once a year, but need a prescription once every 2 to 3 years. It is my stay healthy pill, and I panic if I forget to take it for even one day. I just take one a day, and I would recommend it to anyone with diarrhea, constipation, or chronic illness.

Didn't have a lot of hope when I bought this. My chronic constipation has been a way of life for too long. But a couple weeks into it, I now have been having normal bathroom trips and feel great. I will definitely keep buying and using it. Definitely worth the money!