Probiotics Used in Human Studies. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 39(6):469-484, July 2005.
Montrose, David C BA *; Floch, Martin H MD +
There is a large literature available in credible journals that report benefit of probiotic administration using a wide range of doses, organisms, and clinical situations.
A probiotic mixture alleviates symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome patients: a controlled 6-month intervention. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Sep 1;22(5):387-94.
The results indicate that this probiotic mixture is effective in alleviating irritable bowel syndrome symptoms. Considering the high prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome and the lack of effective therapies, even a slight reduction in symptoms could have positive public health consequences.
The effects of probiotics on symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Korean J Gastroenterol. 2006 Jun;47(6):413-9.
Medilac DS (Bacillus subtilis, Streptococcus faecium) was well tolerated without adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: Medilac DS is a safe and useful probiotic agent for the treatment of abdominal pain in patients with IBS.
Paraghurt (freeze-dried culture of Streptococcus faecium) for patients with irritable bowel syndrome. A controlled clinical investigation from general practice. Scand J Prim Health Care. 1989 Mar;7(1):23-6.
After four weeks 81% of the Paraghurt- and 41% of the placebo-treated patients had improved according to the physicians' overall assessment (p = 0.002). The result of the trial suggests that Paraghurt is a valuable alternative in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.
The role of probiotic cultures in the control of gastrointestinal health. J Nutr 2000 Feb;130(2S Suppl):396S-402S
Rolfe RD. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock 79430, USA.
Probiotics have been examined for their effectiveness in the prevention and treatment of a diverse spectrum of gastrointestinal disorders. There are many mechanisms by which probiotics enhance intestinal health, including stimulation of immunity, competition for limited nutrients, inhibition of epithelial and mucosal adherence, inhibition of epithelial invasion and production of antimicrobial substances. Probiotics represent an exciting prophylactic and therapeutic advance, although additional investigations must be undertaken before their role in intestinal health can be delineated clearly.
Potential use of probiotics. Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol., 2003, 25(2) : 275-282
Chukeatirote, E.
Use of microbial probiotics to promote health maintenance and disease prevention is now widely accepted. Viable microbes possibly play a key role in balancing the intestinal microflora naturally. Beneficial effects of use of microbial probiotics are now well documented.
http://www.fibromyalgia-symptoms.org/fibromyalgia_bowel.html
Irritable bowel syndrome affects between 25 and 55 million Americans every year. Characterized by abdominal cramping, bloating, and changes in bowel function, IBS is a very uncomfortable condition, which can interfere with all aspects of life. Fibromyalgia is often associated with IBS, and anywhere between 30% and 70% of fibromyalgia sufferers will have to battle with this illness. In fact, more and more research indicates that the causes of fibromyalgia and IBS are similar, and perhaps even identical.
Diagnosing the Patient with Abdominal Pain and Altered Bowel Habits: Is It Irritable Bowel Syndrome? American Family Physician, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians, , May 15, 2003.
KEITH B. HOLTEN, M.D., and ANTHONY WETHERINGTON, M.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio ,LAURIE BANKSTON, M.D., Clinton Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, Ohio
Epidemiology
Americans spend $8 billion each year on medical costs related to IBS3 and absenteeism resulting from IBS significantly affects the work force. Studies have shown that IBS affects 3 to 22 percent of persons worldwide.4 Symptoms are reported by 12 percent of Americans and are the cause of 20 to 50 percent of referrals to gastroenterology clinics.5,6 Most people with IBS do not seek medical care.
OTHER FACTORS
Rates of IBS among patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and temporomandibular joint syndrome are high (92, 77, and 64 percent, respectively).18
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA), has been granted a patent (#6,861,053), in which they describe small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), in the human gut as a common etiology in several disease states:
"Disclosed is a method of diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus, or Crohn's disease, which involves detecting the presence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in a human subject having at least one symptom associated with a suspected diagnosis of any of those diagnostic categories. Also disclosed is a method of treating these disorders, and other disorders caused by SIBO, that involves at least partially eradicating a SIBO condition in the human subject...
...Another preferred method of at least partially eradicating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth employs a probiotic agent, for example, an inoculum of a lactic acid bacterium or bifidobacterium. (A. S. Naidu et al., Probiotic spectra of lactic acid bacteria, Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutr. 39(1):13-126 [1999]; J. A. Vanderhoof et al. [1998]; G. W. Tannock, Probiotic propertyies of lactic acid bacteria: plenty of scope for R & D, Trends Biotechnol. 15(7):270-74 [1997]; S. Salminen et al., Clinical uses of probiotics for stabilizing the gut mucosal barrier: successful strains and future challenges, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 70(2-4):347-58 [1997]). The inoculum is delivered in a pharmaceutically acceptable ingestible formulation, such as in a capsule...
...After at least partially eradicating the bacterial overgrowth, in accordance with the present method, the symptom(s) of irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, ADHD, an autoimmune disease, or Crohn's disease are improved."
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