Lactaid Fast Act Lactose Intolerance Relief Caplets, Lactase Enzyme to Prevent Gas, Bloating & Diarrhea Due to Lactose Sensitivity, Supplements for Travel & On-The-Go, 60 Packs of 1-ct.

Never date a vegan.

I grew up drinking milk, lots of it. My brother and I could finish a gallon in a day. I enjoyed a life of dairy and regular bowel movements. Then I dated a vegan for six months. I switched to almond milk, learned to make some really good vegan food, and found some great dairy substitutes. After that relationship came to an end I tried to rekindle my relationship with milk and cheese and ice cream. I am after all, a pastry chef, so butter, milk, and cheese are essential to my livelihood. My reintroduction to diary did not go very smoothly. My bowel movements became... less regular. I had not correlated these symptoms with lactose intolerance until my bother, whom had also dated a vegan, described a situation similar to my own. Lactaid has helped me regain my pre-vegan lifestyle and has made my work bearable again. Sometimes I forget an individual packet in my work pants, but they have survived the washing machine/dryer every time. Just know that if you date a vegan and it doesn't work out, these work and you'll need them for the rest of your dairy loving life

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It works, but experiment!

I've spent all but a couple of months of my nearly sixty years on this planet enjoying the benefits of my Northern European heritage's effective little mutation that enables me to eat dairy past my childhood years...until a month or so into chemo. I suddenly found myself suffering more than the usual gastrointestinal side effects after eating dairy, which is a bit of a problem considering its fouundational role in my diet. It took me a while to self-diagnose, but once I did (admittedly thinking "This can't be happening to me, I have a lactase persistence gene!") I contacted the oncologist who then referred me to a nutritionist, who recommended Lactaid. The nutritionist recommended I take one or more Lactaid caplets either with my first bite or maybe 15 minutes before I started eating. She said that taking more than I need is better than not taking too little, and that since many foods have stealt dairy (many foods have whey, for example), if in doubt, just take the Lactaid. She recommended I experiment with how many I need for different kinds of food (more for milk or ice cream, fewer for cheese and butter), and if I need to take it in advance or not. She also said to not go more than 30 minutes while eating without taking more. When in doubt, take it. In short, it works well, and I'm not adding to chemo side effects--which is a relief. Literally

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They WORK!

It's not often you can say something quite literally changes your life, but these really have for me. There's not much to review really, the pills work, they work well, and they work every time. I've had lactose intolerance for most of my life, not debilitating, but enough to stop me from enjoying foods with lactose, or have the food but feel terrible after. I now take half a pill to a pill before eating anything with lactose and feel great afterwards. It's a big relief knowing I have a few of these in my wallet "just in case". If you suffer from lactose intolerance, keeping a few of these on you will let you live your life without constantly worrying and allow you to enjoy the foods you love

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Completely eliminates any lactose intolerant symptoms

I take one of these when I eat or drink anything milk in it, and I can even drink a large glass of milk with no symptoms. I am 60 and have never had a problem with milk in my life. One day last year I drank a huge glass of milk with cookies, and had the worst case of bloating and pain I have ever experienced. I almost went to the hospital thinking I had food poisoning. Not until several days later did we figure out it was lactose intolerance when it happened again with eating too much cheese. Now I take the pills with me and have one with the first swallow and it doesn't just reduce symptoms, but completely removes them

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Nonpoisonous diary!

Let me channel my inner Dr. Oz. This little miracle pill allows people with mild to moderate lactose intolerance enjoy dairy again. All you have to do is drink 1-2 pills (depending on how much dairy and how severely intolerant you are) right before eating dairy and it should work for about 45 minutes. In that time, you can laugh in the face of lactose as you gleefully devour it. I'm not sure if it would work for more extremely lactose intolerant people because I don't know anyone who is that bad. But for myself, it's great to have dairy back on the menu

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Discreet and effective!

I simply can't eat dairy without Lactaid. I'm lactose intolerant but not allergic, so my Lactaid-free symptoms are annoying and painful but definitely not severe. That being said, taking the Lactaid caplets, or even the chewables (which are effective and tasty too) Lactaid Fast Act Chewable Tablets, Vanilla Twist, 60 Count makes eating dairy painless and embarrassment-free for me. The paper-like individual packaging is easy to open and I like that I can break off one or two individual packets and stick them in my wallet in case I might encounter some dairy. The caplets are small and pretty discreet. Highly recommended

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They really work like super well

I just recently started using these earlier this year I did not know they existed the best place to get them honestly is on Amazon at least out in my area they aren't as cheap in stories but they work super well I would advise if you're over a certain weight limit to take 2 tablets I am over 200 pounds and when I take one tablet it's not effective But if I take 2 tablets before I eat dairy I feel absolutely nothing at any point afterwards it's amazing I'm so mad I haven't learned about this product Earlie

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They Work For Me!

These work well for me. Unlike what many usually assume with lactose intolerance, with dairy I get super constipated. It causes stomach pain, bleeding from hard stools, and me to feel sick. I cannot drink cows' milk at all due to this. One cup could make me stuck for 1-2 weeks and miserable. As someone who loves cheese, I take two tablets anytime I eat food with dairy in it (such as Mac & cheese, cheesy potatoes, scrambled eggs and cheese), except for ice cream (which I'm usually okay with). With the tablets I am not constipated, and have no other awful symptoms. HOWEVER, if you are like me, I DO NOT DARE DRINK MILK WITH THESE TABLETS STILL, due to my own anxiety and never will. So please be careful. Otherwise, they work well for me with cheese

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The individuals are attached on sheets of six that are easy to drop in your bag or pocket and take …

Having a sensitive gut due to ulcerative colitis, one of the biggest disappointments was having to cut dairy from my diet. Lactaid, however, has allowed me to starting having my bowls of cereal again! They come in individual wrappers which, while not very environmentally conscious, are very convenient. The individuals are attached on sheets of six that are easy to drop in your bag or pocket and take with you. One, sometimes two, usually is enough to let me have milk or cheese without much consequence. This box from Amazon is also quite a bit cheaper per unit than you'd find at most stores, so I usually order a box every month or two. You'll be surprised how often you have that milk and cookies or grilled cheese once you start counting out your Lactaid supply

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Lactaid Works Great, Used for many years! Also Use Lacteeze drops to treat your own milk!

I've used Lactaid for over 12 years and it works great, took two years for me to be diagnosed with lactose intolerance while I was in high school. I always had stomach/belly aches and it got to the point where people stopped believing me when I said my stomach hurt when I was in school, they thought I just wanted to go home, but that was all solved when I found out I was lactose intolerant after having a simple test done at the hospital. One easy way I was told you can find out if your lactose intolerant is don't eat or drink anything after 10pm at night, go to bed then the next morning drink a full glass of milk and wait 2-3 hours, if you have discomfort such as bloating, gas (burping, and later on air out the other end) stomach/belly aches, nausea and in sever cases vomiting, then you are most likely lactose intolerant. The Lactaid Fast Act are great, they are more potent that other generic brand and work better and faster than the regular lactaid, they come individually wrapped in paper/foil pouches, great for traveling. One thing they do not work well with is Milk or larger amounts of cream. To use lactaid capsules to drink milk I would always take a minimum of 4 since straight milk always gave me the biggest problem. BUT You can purchase Lactaid Milk, but is expensive, so what I've done is treated my own milk with lactase drops (the enzyme in lactaid but in liquid form) TREATING YOUR OWN MILK: I've always liked getting milk from a local farm in town, but couldn't do so for a while until I discovered the drops. I get the "LACTEEZE drops" you can order the 7ml bottle from [...] for about $12 per bottle, I usually put 15 drops in a half gallon of milk, wait a couple hours or overnight and it works GREAT! No need to take any lactaid if you treat your milk, I just always treat my milk right after I get home from the store. If you want to save money on the drops, order the bigger 15.5ml bottle directly from the manufacture which is in Canada. I have ordered from the manufacture twice now and they have been great, haven't had any issues and its delivered within a week. To order from the manufacture go to [...] and click Gelda E-shop, products, Gelda Pharmaceuticals and scroll down. They sell all the lacteeze products including the 7ml and 15.5ml bottles. Call them if you have any questions, they are very nice, and ordering through them is the cheapest, I get the 15.5ml bottles individually and usually order 2-3 at a time. Good luck, hope this info can help someone! I just wish I found out I was lactose intolerant sooner :

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