GREGORY CHANDLER--PROBIOTICS

Probiotics replenish good intestinal bacteria that antibiotics can harm.  Researchers inform that nearly one in three individuals who take antibiotics to treat infection get diarrhea, which may
cause them to stop taking antibiotics early. 

In one study, researchers analyzed 63 antibiotic-infection treatment studies, including 11,811 people who also took probiotics--most commonly Lactobacillus--with their antibiotic treatment.

Compared to placebo, those who took probiotics along with antibiotics were 42 percent less likely to have diarrhea as a side effect.  Individuals received this benefit regardless of the type or dose of probiotics. 

Probiotics may be purchased in capsule form or as chewable form. 

GREGORY CHANDLER, Attorney at Law