Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Support Group
Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. There is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease, but there are many medical...
Anybody on here taking the probiotic Align?
I haven't done a lot of research as a probiotic is a probiotic. However, I did see commercials on TV for Align and I was drawn to it. I went out and bought it last night and have started taking it. It is the only probiotic on the counter that actually states something on it about IBD. I'm wondering if any of you have taken it and what your thoughts are? Same or different than other probiotics.
I've had UC for nearly 11 years and this is the first time I am trying a probiotic in hopes that it will help be get out of this flare that I have been in.
I haven't done a lot of research as a probiotic is a probiotic. However, I did see commercials on TV for Align and I was drawn to it. I went out and bought it last night and have started taking it. It is the only probiotic on the counter that actually states something on it about IBD. I'm wondering if any of you have taken it and what your thoughts are? Same or different than other probiotics.
I've had UC for nearly 11 years and this is the first time I am trying a probiotic in hopes that it will help be get out of this flare that I have been in.
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Look at what my best friend did with my picture!
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We all have 24 hours in a day. How we spend these hours is important. Watching a little bit of a video about how sitting affects us made me aware of how much sitting and laying down I do. Gonna have to work on that.Your turn. Tell me another truth.
I have had UC since August 2012.
It s been a trip with all the failed meds--Lialda,Asacol & remicade.
I am now on humira bi-weekly shots , 50mg of 6MP& 40mgs of pre tapering down to 0 over a month
I have lost 30lbs& can't get it back
This U C is an awful curse on all of us!
My two cents:
The studies they do with probiotics are done on rats that have been genetically tampered with to exhibit symptoms of IBD. It turns out that the probiotics that reduce symptoms of IBD in one strain of rat do absolutely nothing for a different strain of IBD test rat. Not only is there no such thing as a one-size-fits-all probiotic (recent study has found three intestinal bacterial colony types, like blood types) it is very difficult to know if you need probiotics or not. One thing for sure, when your IBD is active, bacteria passes into the bloodstream that normally shouldn't - that includes probiotics. So IBD active buyers beware of designer intestinal bacteria. Just sayin'.
I've tried probiotics a couple of times over the course of the last 10 years and at times I thought they have helped me, but honestly in looking back, I think the affects were really minimal if any and how I felt had more to do with how I was eating in general. Now some people here rave about probiotics so maybe it's worth a shot but I tend to be on board with Truthy when it comes to probiotics.
My GI had never recommended probiotics to me before. I remember seeing something about it on here before as well as seeing commercials and such and had decided to try them on my own.
Now I'm not entirely sure if there is not more at play here, but to be honest I am feeling pretty good. The last two days have been the best days for me in months. However, a part of me wonders if I'm only feeling okay because I haven't been eating as much. I've got little to no appetite so I'm sticking mainly to soup and crackers, apple sauce.. etc. But I experience the majority of my blood loss in the morning and have had minimal the last few days. So my fingers are crossed that the probiotics have something to do with it!
You can can get most of the diet from here:
http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/
I was able to look into it a little bit this afternoon but I will have a better look at it tonight.