Best Supplement for Candidiasis: Jarrow Formulas Fem-Dophilus - 1 Billion Organisms Per Serving - 60 Veggie Capsules - Women's Probiotic - Urinary Tract Health - Up to 60 Servings

Kicked a chronic yeast infection!

Instead of trying to murder your yeast with antifungals, why not just send it packing with probiotics? I had a really stubborn infection for almost four months. I was tested for everything--diabetes, low iron, thyroid problems, etc. But I am healthy and there was no obvious medical reason for my infection; my doctor just kept asking if I was stressed out? She wanted to prescribe 7 months of Gynazole-1. The list of things I'd already tried was very, very long. From OTC yeast creams to natural supplements to prescription creams and Diflucan, nothing had driven the yeast into submission. I had already tried Culturelle, which is supposedly one of the best probiotics. Don't get me wrong, Culturelle is great---for your gut. I've since learned that the reason it wasn't helpful in my situation, was because acidophilus GG doesn't colonize the vaginal/urinary tract, only the intestines. I wish I had heard about Femdophilus in the first place. It really does have the proper probiotic strains to rebalance vaginal flora. I have been taking it both orally and inserting it vaginally--maybe that's TMI, but it just made sense to me to put the bacteria where it belongs instead of swallowing it and waiting for it to eventually find its way there. The relief was almost immediate, and after several days, things just kept getting better and better. I plan on staying on this one long term. I was browsing the Jarrow website, and saw in the FAQ's that for yeast they also recommend another probiotic called Saccharomyces boulardii. It is a beneficial yeast that will colonize your gut and make it harder for candida yeast to thrive. I figured it couldn't hurt to try, since it's inexpensive and the bottle contains a 90 day supply. Plus, like other probiotics, studies have shown that it boosts your immunity. I can't wait to give it a try. Incidentally, if there is a silver lining in all of this, it's that taking all kinds of probiotics, even the ones that didn't help my yeast infection, really does seem to have helped my immunity; I haven't been sick, even when my children were. Forget trying wacky diets or boiling your underwear to get rid of yeast

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Year long yeast infection GONE

Ive had an on going yeast infection for almost a year now. My infection was caused by candida glabrata, which is the strain of yeast that is resistant to almost all yeast infection medication. I didn't have normal symptoms of a yeast infection either, it was constant milky white thin discharge that had a very sour taste and unbearable pain after intercourse. I tried gentian violet, sugar free diet, every over the counter medication, countless diflucan, tea tree oil, garlic, boric acid capsules, i can go on forever. I've spent countless hours researching cures and money on doctor visits. I finally ordered these to try them out from all the reviews. How I cured my nonstop infection: I know you need to kill off yeast first so the healthy bacteria can have a chance to really grow and get your vaginal ph and flora back to normal. I had 4 left over diflucan, which didn't kill my yeast infection completely in the past but I noticed it does make it stop while its in my system, so I took one every 3 days. While I did this I also inserted a boric acid capsule I made mixed with one capsule of the fem dophilis probiotics ( size 00 gel capsules) every night and every day I was taking a probiotic pill by mouth morning and night, ate a sugar free diet for the two weeks I was doing all this. I also maintained good hygiene as usual, and slept bottomless and drank lots of kefir. This might be overkill for some people, and I havent found any research on taking diflucan and boric acid at the same time, but I was desperate and just went full force and I'm pretty sure my infection is finally gone. It's been almost 2 weeks now and I haven't had any weird discharge and that is a miracle for me. This past weekend I went on a 3 day hike where I was in dirty sweaty moist clothes and was having intercourse and I'm still normal even after that. For maintenance I will continue to take 2 pills a day till I feel confident to cut down to one and will probably keep doing a boric acid pill mixed with probiotics once a week for the next few months. I'm so thankful for this product though, it finally fixed the root cause of my recurrent yeast infection. I wrote all this because I hope it helps someone, I was going mentally insane dealing with this and the relief when it's over makes you almost want to cry in joy

37 persons found it helpful

Wonderful Product.

I've been suffering from chronic yeast infection in the past nine months. This is the first product that shows some potential signs of curing the infection. In the past nine months, I have tried every possible products out there such as solar cleanse, cream, dif. pill cream, boric acid, much more. Those supplements help but they were far from being a cure. This is my recommendation when it comes to using this product. I hope it can help those who suffer the same pain as mine. - The product must be in low temperature in all time. This ensures that the bacteria elongate its lifespan as long as possible. - Take acidophilus. This ensures that yeast cannot hide inside your digestive system. I recommend super acidophilius complex from Trader Joe. Each pill has about 10 billion organismic. Every day, I take about four pills to keep my digestive system healthy. - I also sustain a candida diet. This is essential if you want to cure the infection. Remove sugar from your diet is a must. That means no candy, sweet, fruit, etc. As for carb, try your best to reduce that as well. It can be hard but do your best. - As for Fem Dophilius: This is my recommendation. Take two capsules per day for the first few days. You'll know whether it has any effect on your body or not. This helps you estimate the amount of doses needed for the infection. If your symptoms do not improved, you need to take a higher dose possibly six to eight pills per day maybe three times per day. I understand the recommendation dose is two capsules; however this is the science that they did not talk about. If you've a chronic infection, the yeast growth rate can surpass the probiotics, taking away its resources and cultural space making it hard to reproduce in a positive rate. For this matter, we need to introduce a really dose of probiotics to ensure they can successfully produce. This is a battle between the yeast and the probiotics technically and do not decrease the amount even if all the symptoms are gone. Those yeasts are not dead. They are waiting to come back. This concept is the same as taking antibiotic. You can decrease the amount once the symptoms are gone for a really long time. The key is trying to decrease your dose little by little; observe the symptoms and make sure you retake the previous dose if the symptoms return. Eventually you can reduce to the amount of your choice. That is a really long time possibly few months

34 persons found it helpful

Very good product!!

Had BV/yeast infections all the time. Yes, the foul odor, discharge...yada yada yada. After researching found these pills. After I would say a week of taking 2 capsules daily, then week 2 reducing to 1 a day, I can definitely see a difference. Almost all symptoms are now gone. At first I thought it was making it worst, but now I know it was just my body purging the candida from my system. FYI...and this may be TMI...but you may notice as your body releases the excess yeast/candida from your system some mucous like substance with your stool. Don't be alarmed...as my doc said this is normal. Always check with your doc first because everyone's body reacts differently. Good Luck!! *Update 3-12-13* I take these daily now with my vitamins & I couldn't be happier. All symptons are gone & even my UTI is gone & no more problems. I'm going to reorder because, like I said I'm going to continue to take it daily to keep everything as is. For the price you can't beat the results. Plus the capsules are baby sized, like less than half the size of a normal capsule (for those that hate taking those huge horse pills like me-no more excuses). Good luck folks! -J

32 persons found it helpful

It does work!

What a great product, i have just re-ordered. After buying what i feel like was every OTC relief for an insane unstoppable hair pulling intense itch, finally I got some relief with fem-dophilus. So tired of getting all these prescriptions from docs for ongoing yeast/candida issues and only getting a temporary result. This worked the SAME DAY, a few hours after taking 1 capsules orally and inserting 1 vaginally, the itch subsided. What blessed relief, a full night sleep without waking up to that @#$ itch. If you're at your wits end, like I was, take a chance with this product. I was skeptical and was happy with the final results

17 persons found it helpful

FINALLY! Something that works!!!

I will admit to being a skeptic. Like many others, I have tried countless prescriptions, herbal remedies, diets, cleanses, etc and so on. Name it! I've convinced all my friends that all carbs are the root of all evil (and they may very well be), that sugar puts me "in a bad way" and that if they see me consuming anything I have been told that is "bad" to shoot me. I diagnosed myself with candida and I may in fact be one that truly suffers from it. So I, like many others, have poured too much money to count into eradicating and masking this horrible condition. Enter Fem Dophilus! I LOVE THIS STUFF AND CANNOT SAY ENOUGH GOOD ABOUT IT. I wish I had found it sooner - like a year sooner. This is great and it does work almost immediately. The odor vanished within two days and all the other goodness that comes with BV and yeast was gone. I love it. I highly recommend it. I did however receive a shipment that was not refrigerated and discovered through a few hours of research that it's ok for up to 7 days as long as the temperatures remain cold - and in an Atlanta snow and ice storm that was a guarantee. I'm also glad that it can be ok without refrigeration for a brief period since I do quite a bit of traveling and now that I have found this wonderful product I NEVER WANT TO BE WITHOUT IT AGAIN. I will however be purchasing from a local vitamin shop because they have it refrigerated and it is essentially the same price

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