Can probiotics cure antibiotic associated diarrhea?
It is well documented that the harmful opportunist bacteria that cause antibiotic diarrhea can be stopped in their tracks in LABORATORY experiments by probiotics such as Lactobacillus acidophilus strain LA and strain LB, Lactobacillus rhamnosus DR20, Bifidobacterium lactis DR10 and Lactobacillus casei GG. No doubt about that. And L rhamnosus GR-1, L fermentum RC-14(now called L reuteri RC-14) and L rhamnosus GG have all been successfully trialled in animals. But when it comes to human trials, they seem to have been a higgledy piggledy lot so that many experts say not a lot can be read into the results. Personally, I have taken Align when undergoing a course of antibiotics and found I completely avoided any antibiotic side effects. Even the ultra-conservative Mayo Clinic states “Consider eating yogurt or taking probiotic capsules before, during and after antibiotic treatment.” That has to tell you something. However there have been a number of studies on antibiotic diarrhea even if ever
