Florastor and Bloating: What Users Say

• rpk...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 28, 2015

For Diarrhea "I am a 54-year-old man and have suffered from chronic stomach problems for more than 7 years-the worst in the last 3. I went 6 months gluten-free with little help. Six months ago, I started taking Nature's Bounty Probiotic 10 (bought at Costco). I would say that it improved my condition by 25%. Two weeks ago, someone recommended Florastor. I tried it, and my churning, gassy stomach went away in the first day. BUT...I started feeling, by the end of the first day, a bloating of my upper GI that got increasingly uncomfortable with each passing day. I reduced the dosage from two caps a day to just 1 cap a day. No change. Bloated upper GI still. I'm on my fourth day back on Nature's Bounty Probiotic 10. No more chest pressure."

• ano...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 28, 2023

For Diarrhea "Made my condition small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) way worse. Somehow made the bloating and cramping and abdominal pain way worse. Also gave me shortness of breath. I think this stuff can cause inflammation in certain people. I'd advise you to avoid this if you have SIBO. Now I just have to wait for it to make its way out of my system so I can get back to feeling normal!"

• Cha...
• May 6, 2020

"I had a urinalysis that was suspicious of UTI, but no typical UTI symptoms. Took antibiotics for a week. Became severely bloated after antibiotics, even though I took my usual probiotic during treatment. My doc suggested Florastor. I took it for 3 days. On the 2nd day, bloating was gone. I did not have diarrhea, but it did increase the number of bowel movements on the 2nd day. But I developed severe and lasting pelvic cramping. By the 3rd night, I woke up with painful pelvic pain. I stopped it, and the cramping stopped so far. Not sure if this was the cause. My urine culture did not reveal any significant issue, but maybe a mild infection."