PRO-15 Probiotics

This is honestly an amazing probiotic. It is the first thing of many things that we have tried that has helped my son's IBS/digestive issues that have made his and our lives difficult for years. Also, the company has amazing customer service-so helpful and kind! So pleased to discover this. I plan to try their other products.

The story of how this probiotic helped me recover from a significant health issue is rather lengthy. So, for those who don't have the time or are not interested in the specifics... This is a great product that provides real benefits for digestive/immune health. Also, I would strongly encourage everybody to take this during/following a course of antibiotics. I have been taking Hyperbiotics PRO-15 daily for over a year and would recommend it to anyone without hesitation. Now here is the full story for the benefit of anyone who may be experiencing a similar problem or is just curious... A little over a year ago I was given a prescription for the antibiotic Azithromycin (Zithromax 5-day dose Z-Pak) to combat an upper respiratory infection. Although I had never taken Azithromycin, I have taken other antibiotics before without incident (primarily Doxycycline during my time deployed overseas in the military). Nonetheless, after taking the Azithromycin for a couple of days, I began to experience upset stomach and diarrhea. My doctor said these were normal side-effects and recommended completing the course of antibiotics if possible. Within the next 24-48 hours, I began to experience more severe stomach cramping, diarrhea, and blood in my stool. At this point, my doctor advised me to stop taking the Azithromycin, eat some yogurt, and let them know if the upper respiratory infection came back. Just like everybody else, I've had an upset stomach and diarrhea before and figured it would resolve itself in a day or two after I stopped taking the antibiotics... but it didn't.... in fact, it got worse. A week later I was having to make 10-20 urgent trips to the restroom throughout the day and night. The blood in my stool had increased to an alarming point and I was still experiencing intense stomach cramps. I felt weak and didn't have a normal appetite. Flash-forward to a month later, after seeing two different doctors and a visit to the emergency room, I am still experiencing the stomach cramps/diarrhea/blood in stool and have lost 20+ pounds. It was like living a bad dream and proved to be very disruptive to both my professional and family life. All of the medical labs/tests/scans came back negative for common causes of these symptoms, none of the doctors could provide a definitive diagnosis or solution, but suggested that it could be Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Ulcerative Colitis (UC), or Crohn's Disease. Out of desperation, looking for anything that might help, I tried several different brands of probiotics from the local grocery/pharmacy, tried taking aloe and flaxseed oil, adjusted my diet, and scoured the internet for other remedies... all to no avail... until one night I happened upon a blog written by a person in Australia who had been experiencing nearly identical symptoms after taking Azithromycin... and had managed to fix his problem with certain types of probiotics. Unfortunately, none of the probiotic brands he listed were available in the United States. Thankfully, however, he also listed the 12 specific probiotic strains and CFU count in each of the probiotics he had taken. So, I set out to find a probiotic available in the US that contained all of those beneficial bacteria strains. Everything I could find at the local grocery/pharmacy only had a few different types of probiotic bacteria. Then I found Hyperbiotics PRO-15 on Amazon and it contained every probiotic strain that he had listed. It almost seemed too simple and like a bit of a long shot, but I was hurting and had nothing to lose by trying these. I started taking 3 Hyperbiotics PRO-15 a day (breakfast/lunch/dinner) along with the "BRAT diet" (Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast) that I had been attempting to subsist on up to that point. I started noticing a slight improvement in my symptoms after a couple days, a few less trips to the restroom and not quite as much blood in my stool. I was cautiously optimistic and continued the regimen. Things continued getting progressively better and after 2 weeks of the Hyperbiotics PRO-15 I was down to 3 bowel movements a day and no longer had any visible blood in my stool. Within a month of taking the Hyperbiotics I was totally back to normal. I tapered down to one PRO-15 a day and resumed eating a regular diet. It is now a year later and I still take one PRO-15 a day for general digestive/immune health. In addition to improving/maintaining my digestive health, I have noticed a real difference in my immune system. Even though I've been exposed to people with cold/flu, I haven't actually contracted the flu or a cold in the last 12 months that I've been taking Hyperbiotics. Compared to previous years that is unusual for me, I can't actually remember the last year that I didn't at least get a cold. Probiotics weren't really on my radar prior to all of this happening, but I'm completely sold on their effectiveness and necessity. It's not something I had given much thought to previously, but the need for probiotics became apparent to me the more I thought about it. Taking antibiotics kills all the bacteria in your gut (good and bad)... it's like spraying Roundup all over your lawn, it kills the weeds and grass. If you don't plant grass seed after killing your lawn, it will become overrun with weeds. On the other hand, if your lawn and is full of perfectly healthy grass, it will be difficult for any undesirable weeds to take hold. Maybe that's an over-simplified analogy, but bad things start to happen without the right beneficial probiotic bacteria in your system. Not only does the right bacteria help to digest food, it's holding the space and helping prevent other harmful bacteria from having a place to setup shop and make you sick. I hope that nobody out there has to experience what I went through, but I wanted to pass along my experience in the hopes that it may help somebody else. Even if you're not experiencing what I described, taking Hyperbiotics PRO-15 (or some other comparable product) regularly will probably prevent it from ever happening in the first place. None of the doctors I went to prescribed a probiotic, but I probably could have avoided this entire episode if they had. Bottom line, this is the real deal... it works and I would recommend it to anyone without hesitation!!!

I don't really typically write reviews, though I probably should. I was looking up Probiotics, because I've had a hunch that things just... weren't as they should. Sure enough, after waiting a while, and having some great customer support from the seller over a concern with Canada Post and potentially striking, I received them and decided I'd do a 3x 3 "gut load", and taper off with 2 pills every 2 days, and then just continue on with 1 pill. I just gotta say, "Wow." I didn't really realize how much a difference it could make. I'm far less bloated, my stomach feels more flat, my poops are fantastic, no being plugged up or constipated. Its more along the lines of not knowing things were wrong, until the solution made them right. I can't base my results, and feelings, on any science, but, I can say, that I went into it as objectively as I could, and, really, I can't recommend these enough. One detraction was that I was having trouble swallowing them, since I've had my tonsils removed these little buggers like to sneak in there, and one time one got caught half way down my throat. I'd suggest something a little thicker than water, if you have it. Almond milk really helped get these suckers down for me. The only downside is that they are shipped using UPS, but into Canada, they were taken up by Canada Post, and sadly, UPS in my area far exceeds Canada Post. I wish there was an option to request UPS from the seller. Maybe I'll ask next time and see if they can.

I am not "educated" about pro-biotics - but I know what I have been through. So this will be a testimonial to this Pro-15 pro-biotics given in the context of my personal experience. I have been dealing with effects of tricothecine poisoning (from long term exposure to black mold) for almost five years. I was correctly diagnosed two and a half years ago (with many "interesting" and "creative" diagnoses along the way). Without going into detail - let me say that I had horrible, horrible indigestion to include all of the symptoms so many others here have mentioned. Six weeks ago, I saw a doctor who believes that "all problems start with the gut" (Including the symptoms from mold poisoning. Imagine that!). Of course his Food Coach recommended probiotics and soon after finding the RIGHT probiotics (Pro-15) ALL of my problems dissipated. Not right away though. It took about 3-4 weeks and about 4 pills a day but today, as I write this, I can say that I feel better in my digestion than I have felt in 5 years. An incredible side effect of taking Pro-15 is that as it began to "clear out my gut" my back and leg pain went away! Yep. No lie. My sick gut caused me intractible, chronic back and leg pain to the extent I thought I was going to have to walk with a cane. I did have a terrible set back early on that I want to mention. Because I did not know exactly which pro-biotic to take, I simply came to Amazon and ordered a "Best Selling" product, "Digestive Advantage." Thinking that all probiotics are made the same, I am sad to say that it was not until I got sicker and sicker and sicker with more and more pain that I decided to READ THE INGREDIENTS. Amazingly, several of the ingredients in "Digestive Advantage" were from "Aspergillus." Not good for a person like me already suffering from mold poisoning. So, Pro-15 had to not only help me with my old sick gut - but it had to fight against the my newly sickened gut from the aspergillus I had taken in "Digestive Advantage." Along the way, I had e-mail conversations with the supplier of Pro-15 who helped me enormously. Being a pro-biotic virgin (if I may) I had lots of questions pertaining to the fact that I take loads of charcoal on a daily basis (to "suck up" the tricothecine), etc. etc. I had fast, prompt and extremly informative responses from the Pro-15 representative which only served to enhance my appreciation for the quality of Pro-15. So as not to have to take 4 pills a day (that being said, they are little round pills, a lot like the little black ones that most Chinese Medicine pills look like and they are very easy to swallow) I am next going to order the Advanced/extra strength pills. Finally, I also want to add that I would never have found Pro-15 in the first place were it not for all the extremely helpful reviews on this cite. Thank you all for your thoughtful and informed comments. For the first time since I have been fighting this poisoning I feel like I am winning the battle. No yucky acid reflux. No waking up at night with a hard as rock stomach. No horrible (ending up in the E/R) pain in the gut. No cramps and spasms in the lower back and legs (for which I was told I needed back surgery). No episodes of chest tightness/shortness of breath/weakness in the arms (yes, indigestion can mimic a heart attack), No being able to stand up straight because your gut feel like it is tied in knots. etc. etc. etc. You know the drill. Thank you all again and thank you Pro-15 for your wonderful product. (Given all the charcoal/etc. pills I take to inhibit the mold poisoning - I am eternally grateful for the time release aspect of your little wonder pills!) BTW, I am a 72 year old woman. Never too late to clear out your gut with Pro-15!!! If you are this far into my post I want to thank you for taking the time to read the entire thing! I hope it has been of help to you. (All of that being said, please do not contact me personally by e-mail or by any other media to ask me about this product. I have said everything I know about it here. I also can't help you with a diagnosis of mold poisoning. There are doctors who do that---in fact you can find them on Google. I apologize for sounding rude, as I sound rude even to me, but I really can't answer questions about mold poisoning. I thought about deleting this review until I saw how many people had seen it and realized that it has probably been helpful --- so I am leaving it up and thanking you in advance for respecting my privacy.)

Hi all, I am worried that it might be premature to mention its effectiveness but I cannot wait to write a review. This is marvelous. It changed a lot about me. I think its power is so marvelous and it might be threatening for current medical industry and I am so worried that they will going to lobby to hinder the sale of this and/or they will try to mislead general public by downplaying the effect of the probiotics. Maybe they are not aware of the effect of the balance of good and bad bacteria. I will start how I came to decide to buy this product. I have had a chronic bad breath. It has gotten worse and worse as time goes by. I took oriental medications that caused me pay $4000 so far, I bought a Therabreath and brushed my tongue heavily and went to ENT to cure my post-nasal drip so intook pills and washed my nose by salt water and visited numerous dentists sevearal times, including most recent visit to one of the most famous dentist in the halitosis area, who claimed me that he could cure me with just two visits if I pay near $3000 in advance. However, my creditcard did not work at the moment so I had to leave his office first to get my checkbook. What he did was, at the first visit, to sample from my teeth or near somewhere and showed me the live microscope picture where there were tons of bacteria that were swarming in my mouth. Also he confirmed that my halitosis smells like a rotten meat. I realized that my breath was that bad and that's why I lost so many chances such as dates, interviews, or minglings, due to my bad breath. At the same time, I clearly knew that the problem was not from my stomach but those germs he claims I have the top 1% level of density of fauna of bad bacteria that generates those rotten smell that generates those sulfur compounds. Surely, there have been methods to kill those germs but with sideeffects or transient effect - mouthwash with alcohol, or without alcohol, or Thetabreath that tries to kill those harmful bacteria and attach some good substances to foster the growth of good bacteria that thwarts the growth of evil bacteria. However, due to the numerous intakes or syringes of antibiotics from my childhood, it was evident the natural biotics seemed all been disapeared from my body, making the application of the Thetabreath futile. So I searched the web and I found the article mentioning recent research about the effect of a biotic thread that reduced halitosis. I searched for the product that contains that thread and I have found this product is the one. According to the review, I have found there are LOTs of people like me who have suffered from post-nasal drip and unbalancedness or disruption of the fauna in the body. So I decided to try this, and it worked within just a week. I will keep intaking this as I am not sure my body would have such an ability to foster to reproduce those good biotics. If I could, I would like to buy their shares. This business should prosper. I hope this guy could provide such a good things in a reasonable price that I, and people like you, could have. The last point is very important as the imbalance of those fauna can be caused by poverty. Why is it so? When I was a young boy, I had lived in a half-basement for 8 years, as this only was the kinds of housing that my poor and uneducated parent with no good and stable job afford. The problem is that there were a lot of fungus and humidity there; you know, it was a basement. Combined with my malnutrition and my narrower-than-average and not so pretty nasal cavities, which is the fact that I quite recently knew by taking a CT, I suffered from allergic rhinitis. In the course of treating the symptom, I had a lot of antibiotics. Maybe from the moment, I remember my mom told me at the subway sitting next to me, "Why you have a bad breath?" I was embarrassed but I didn't know why it was so. However, there was no such a thing like a probiotics or the knowledge of the fauna balance. Just killing germs means that wiping out good germs. Now I am regaining the balance. Anyhow, I am grateful to have this and will have this every day. Thank you guys for making this and I feel much better. This is the most natural way of curing one ailing person. If you are the one like me, you are in the right page. Try this.