Culturelle Health & Wellness Daily Probiotic for Women & Men - 30 Count - 15 Billion CFUs & A Proven-Effective Probiotic Strain Support your Immune System- Gluten Free, Soy Free, Non-GMO

Failed ConsumerLab Test for Meeting Label Claims

Was shocked to learn that Culturelle Probiotics failed to meet ConsumerLab standards for meeting label claims about the amount of probiotic organisms in its supplement. ConsumerLab found that each capsule of Culturelle Probiotics only contained 58% of the amount of probiotic organisms listed on the label. On a related note, Align probiotic also FAILED ConsumerLab test - its capsule only contained 53% of the amount listed on the label. Both products may still be effective, but the issue is whether or not we are getting what we are paying for! I hope both companies, considering how big they are, have since improved their products, but these things are a reminder that we need to do our own research about the quality of products before spending our hard earned money

193 persons found it helpful

Works for many digestive problems

I use this every day. So does my 55 year old husband, my 78 year old dad, my 98 year old friend and my 30 year old daughter in law. It seems to keep the digestive system on track. My husband is highly lactose intollerant, and he takes it with no problem. I notice my system feeling sluggish if I forget it for more than a day. It is most often used to treat constipation, but it seems to work equally well in preventing loose stools. It is convenient and easy to take. Take it any time of the day, with or without food. It doesn't need to be refrigerated, but I do keep each capsule in it's foil packet until I take it. I have tried cheaper products and they just do not work as well. I have tried more expensive ones and they do not work any better. Everyone I suggest it to becomes a fan of this product

137 persons found it helpful

Rough Start, but worth sticking it out

I will admit I had a rough start with this stuff. Really gassy and stomach pains for 3 weeks, but I stuck through it, and am so glad I did. It's really changed my day to day. I wanted to write a review, since most people just said they loved it right off the bat, it really took me a while, but definitely got my stomach in a routine and on track. I'm very grateful for this product

127 persons found it helpful

Culturelle has significantly improved my quality of life

I have scleroderma sine scleroderma, an autoimmune disease that primarily affects my gut. In addition to other fun symptoms, it causes my intestines to move (peristalsis) very slowly, producing episodes where I can't eat for up to a week because of intestinal pain, other nasty symptoms, and the possibility of being hospitalized. The plan from my team of physicians? Reglan, Protonix, Cipro, Flagyl, and a diet with limited fat, dairy and fiber. I have followed the plan, resulting in limited success and some unpleasant side effects. I then tried Chinese acupuncture and herbs and that helped a little, enough to get me off of Cipro and Flagyl. Things changed dramatically, though, after I read the book "The Probiotics Revolution" by Dr. Gary Huffnagle, a microbiologist and immunologist at UMich ( The Probiotics Revolution: The Definitive Guide to Safe, Natural Health Solutions Using Probiotic and Prebiotic Foods and Supplements ). I became convinced that probiotics could help my gut, and it has in a dramatic way! It's been about three years now since I started taking Culturelle every day and it's completely stopped the week-long episodes of pain and fasting. I've also been able to eat more dairy products, eat a little more fat, incorporate more fiber in my diet, and get rid of almost all the Rx I was taking. I now take a mix of Culturelle, Saccharomyces boulardii Jarrow Formulations Jarrow Sacharomyces Boulardii, 90 Capsules and Jarrow-dophilus FOS Jarrow Formulations Jarrow Jarro-dophilus Eps, 120 Capsules . Culturelle is definitely worth trying. I've shopped around (Walmart, RiteAid, Walgreens) and the Amazon price is the best I've seen. Believe me, it's much less expensive than almost all the drugs your doctor may prescribe to you! It's EXCELLENT for overall health and specifically for intestinal conditions

117 persons found it helpful

GREAT stuff!

A few years ago I was diagnosed with Colitis and it was bad, bad, bad. The medication the doctor prescribed made it worse (which, at the time, I didn't think was possible, but it did!), so I took it upon myself to find something to make it better. The very first thing I tried was Culturelle. Within 1 week of using this, I was SOOOOOOOO much better and almost back to complete normalcy. This stuff was a G-dsend! I still use a Pro-Biotic and always will. Years ago Culturelle was only available online at one web site (that I could find anyway) and my local health food store could also order it for me, but now Pro-Biotics are available everywhere....thank G-d. I even give Pro-Biotics to my dog when her digestive system acts up. A few months ago she had bloody diarrhea for 5 days, I took her to the vet and they put her on some drug that didn't help at all so I gave her one of my Pro-Biotics and the NEXT DAY she was back to normal. I'm telling you....if you have digestive issues, this is the way to go....give Culturelle a try! I now prefer to try Alternative medications/Treatments BEFORE I see a doctor for anything. The Alternative treatments usually work and work VERY well

50 persons found it helpful

Must be kept below 75 degrees

I ordered this product online. It arrived on a 70-80 degree day in the spring. The package says "Refrigeration recommended" and "Must be kept below 75 degrees". I'm betting that it warmed up over 80 degrees in the UPS truck on the way over to my house. I'd recommend ordering this product only in the cooler weather months. I'm afraid I received a dead product and have not bothered taking it since I know it was exposed higher temperatures than stated on the packaging. I'll buy locally next time - I have a grocer that refrigerates products like this. I'm updating this review since I added an image to the product page in response to Toni's comment "I do not see any indication of refrigeration being required". The back of the box clearly shows what I say above. Maybe Toni was unable to read the fine print

43 persons found it helpful

WHY OH WHY DO THEY SEND THE VEGIE CAPS???

I first bought these from another site and decided to buy them here instead for the guaranteed fast shipping. I've read how others were duped and sent the VEGIE caps with INULIN, I guess it's ABC Wholesale's policy to ignore the customers request for SPECIFIC goods, instead of what they have overstocked. I've never had this happen on Amazon, I guess there's a first time for everything. Needless to say, I'm P!ssed

15 persons found it helpful

This thing works wonders – a must when on antibiotics

All I can say that this thing saved my behind, and I mean that LITERALLY. Last year I ended up on antibiotics twice for 1 month each time. The first time, I suffered during and a couple of months after the course of Septra DS. My bowels felt like they were inside out and yeast infection was ravaging my you know what. I actually had to take medication to get this taken care of. Yes, medication for side effects of another medication. I took yeast medication Culturelle - I was already smarter then. The second time I had to take Septra, I already knew what to do. By experimenting I figured out I needed 3 of those every day for the course of the antibiotics 3 of (much weaker) Colon Health. I wanted to take a mixture of different cultures. It was like night and day. No problems at all whatsoever. No burning, no pain, regular like a baby. I continued for a couple of months after the antibiotics but with the regular dosage of 1 pill/day. Now whenever things are not all well with my digestive tract, I just take this. This is a wonder pill and I swear by it

13 persons found it helpful

Never purchase another probiotic!

AMAZING! Our pediatrician's husband is a gastroenterologist, and they highly recommended Culturelle for any kind of tummy trouble. Within a day, my kids were always feeling better. I tried another brand just out of curiosity and was highly disappointed. The few dollars I thought I was saving by buying a less expensive brand wound up costing me a lot, as I threw the rest of that out and went straight back to Culturelle

13 persons found it helpful

Try it out before you travel with it!

I usually use Bio K , which is really great, but it needs to be refrigerated so it's hard to travel with. So I thought I would get this for travel but, smartly, tried it out a week before. Yikes! Everyone has somewhat different gut flora and mine definitely did not like Culturelle. Within a couple of days, I had bad acid reflux and lower gut issues upon taking Culturelle. I suspect that the reviews are correct in that you can get past these issues but I was pretty messed up and would not have liked having this go on during a trip. So I'm back to the Bio K but I think Culturelle is worth a try for most people but plan to possibly have some initial issues with it

12 persons found it helpful