I would normally be inclined to jump in and top your recommendation with other, spore forming probiotics, eg Subtilis, Coagulans, etc.

My old friend in Aussieland has been struggling with a multitude of ailments, gastrointestinal among them. After doing a few hours of well-intended research, I gave him a list of things I thought might help, all with disclaimers and contraindications noted. He chose to pursue the Coagulans. It nearly killed him. At first I was skeptical and insisted it was something else, or perhaps a tainted batch (which it may have been). He nearly lost consciousness, became weak, turned red, and swelled with difficulty breathing. Neither of us have an official professional evaluation of the cause, but it seems he had a severe allergic reaction to that strain, possibly as a result of microbial conflict, endotoxins, who knows, but it sure did scare the hell out of him.

That did not change my perspective on probiotics, but it was a reminder that each individual is, well, individual, and much of what we do experimentally is a gambit.

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ck2 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Saccharomyces Boulardii is not like any other probiotic

go ask google or chatgpt to explain why and you'll get it, more than I can narrate here

it will not colonize and can even be taken with antibiotics to help the gut survive

as long as the person is not allergic to yeast they would be fine in theory

once a person stops taking it there is no trace of it in your system 3-5 days later

ps. never take multi-strain probiotics, if you think the supplement world is sketchy there is absolutely no regulation or consistency to the probiotic world

	▲	eth0up 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Just in case you thought I had anything to do with your comment being d-voted, I didn't. I almost never d-vote anything, and my comment-voting 'privileges' have been suspended due to excess u-voting. That said, I was not disputing your suggestion, but rather adding a pinch of anecdote. Saccharomyces Boulardii is one of the only 'probiotics' regularly used in clinical environments, and for good reason. Its protective effects in C-Diff alone give it credibility lacking in many prescription medicines. No dispute here, other than for cases of compromised immunity, where pretty much everything is a potential risk.