Customer Reviews

Digestive Advantage Intensive Bowel Support, 96 Counts Capsules

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I've had the gamut of gas, bloating, irregular bowel habits & have been to a digestive specialist for several years with no help at all. He ordered a medication that made me sick as could be...so I stopped that. On top of IBS, I have recurring kidney stones & between the two problems, I had times of such pain I would be bent almost double. When I went places, I had to take a handful of the strong Mylanta Gas tablets just in case...used them often to feel some better.

Then 2 months ago, a friend told me of this product & how it had helped her. I got some & WOW...what a difference in my life now!! One tiny pill each morning before breakfast & I'm off to a productive day with NO discomfort!! I can hardly believe this medication can make this difference. I continue to watch what I eat which I think is an essential part of handling IBS. Most of us who have this problem have sensitive stomachs & should avoid trigger foods (onions in any form are usually one of the culprits, for instance). As an R.N. I know that food allergies can also be triggers so I would hope any IBS sufferers would avoid any foods they might suspect...it's not worth it! These caplets work so completely for me in that I can now eat without any discomfort. It's a whole new life for me now & believe me, I'm keeping a supply of this medication on hand, always!

I have suffered from IBS for about 30 years, with very little relief from any remedies tried or from doctor's prescriptions used. I became afraid to go out to restaurants with my co-workers or family and only felt really safe in my own home. Traveling meant seeking out the availability of restrooms wherever we stopped to eat or sightsee. I could not get into situations that kept me from being able to access a restroom in a hurry. It affected how my husband could make plans, also.

I heard about Digestive Advantage IBS and decided to send for a free sample. Since the sample did not have any ill effects, I decided to purchase the product and try it for awhile. I fully expected less than desirable results, because I had tried so many things in the past.

I cannot tell you in words what this product has meant for me. It sounds cliché, but I do have a whole new life. I am now unafraid to make luncheon dates and I can shop and travel without the constant dread of an emergency. I have lost the sense of fear in living a normal routine in public. What used to be uncounted trips to the restroom (many because of fear of "possible" problems) have ceased. I now can go out and relax and enjoy occasions. My husband is relieved, too.

I certainly can recommend this product without any reservations. I'm only sorry I didn't find it earlier.

I have constipation type IBS and this works for me. The first thing I noticed was that I wasn't as bloated. Not alot of relief, but just enough to keep on giving it a try. It took about 2 months to get the full effect.
Without it, I am really constipated, but with it things work alot better. I use the chewable tablets.

A few years back, I started getting these bouts of sudden diarrhea right after eating. At first I thought it was food poisoning, but when it kept happening, I realized it wasn't my favorite Chinese restaurant, it was me. In fact, it was so bad that I had to leave work early a few times. I was honest with my supervisor with what was happening so I was excused, but still very embarrassing and unpleasant. But If you're reading this, you very well may already suffer from IBS so you know what I'm talking about.

Concurrently, I was also having a problem with psoriasis and eczema on my hands. My fingers would crack and bleed, uncontrollably, and this too caused problems. People were afraid I had some contagious disease! And I was working a retail job, so I was interacting with people and merchandise all day, for which this caused many problems. I had seen a dermatologist for this, and at one point they had put me on Soriatane, which is a very expensive, potent medication. You also had to go in for blood tests regularly because of the damage it could do to your liver, etc. While it DID clear up my hands completely, it also caused my lips to be chapped constantly, so in a strange way it was a trade-off. Loss of insurance (and a lack of Chap-Stick!) made me go off the medication eventually. The problem returned immediately thereafter.

Back to the IBS. . .So one day I was shopping at Costco and suddenly had an IBS attack. As fate would have it, just as I was leaving the restroom thinking "I've got to do something about this!," I made eye contact with a box of these Digestive Advantage IBS tablets. (This is where the love at first sight music would start if this were a movie.)

Needless to say, after only a few days of taking these (I take 2 daily) I noticed that not only did I not suffer from IBS, but the psoriasis and exema on my hands cleared up also!! Since that part had always been somewhat cyclical, I just figured it was a coincidence. But my hands stayed clear. Could it be these tablets helping with that also? After about a month I decided to stop taking them and sure enough, not only did the IBS issues return, but so did my psoriasis. Back on these, and it cleared up again! So for me, this really has been a miracle product. My dermatologist was baffled as to how this could work better than a $200 per month prescription drug, but nevertheless happy for me.

Since I've signed up for the Automatic Shipments from Amazon, which with the free shipping, are cheaper to have them delivered than driving to my local big warehouse store where I was buying these before.

I've sung the praises of these to family and friends to the point that they probably wish I'd shut up about it already, but I'd give these 10 stars if I could, it really has worked that well for me!

UPDATE AUGUST 2008: I've been taking this daily now for a couple of years, and I still have absolutely no cracking or bleeding of my hands. It has kept them clear consistently the entire time and I am still absolutely thrilled with this stuff. THANK YOU GANEDEN!!

I took prescription Zelnorm for a little over a year before trying this product. I've been using this product for 4 months now and have found it to be nearly as effective as Zelnorm for managing IBS (w/constipation) - and it's less expensive too. I've tried both the capsules and the chewable tablets and have found them to work about the same. Personally I prefer the capsules because I don't like the taste of the chewable tablets. I plan to continue using this product.

I have suffered with IBS for years now, and nothing has helped significantly, though I have tried numerous treatments, both mainstream and otherswise.

I decided to give this product a try after coming across it on the Internet. It was cheap and safe, so I figured I didn't have much to lose.

I am shocked at the difference I have seen after using it for about 5 weeks, and the improvement was almost immediate.

I have had short periods of improvement in the past, so I am hoping that this will continue. But I have been probably 80% better, consistantly, with not a single really bad day in over a month. Given that a "bad day" was fairly common (at least a couple of days a week), this is very encouraging. Even on good days in the past, I still would have discomfort at various times during the day, but since I've been on Digestive Advantage, I have been able to go through most days without paying any attention to my stomach. I havn't felt this way in years!

So, I encourage anyone with IBS to give this a try.

Digestive Advantage is a miracle for those suffering with
Intestinal Bowel Syndrome. I am 76 and suffered from it for a
very long time. It works beautifully. I,d go to
the ends of the earth" to make sure I have this product at all times.

I've suffered from IBS (diarrhea form)from the age of 16 - now at the age of 40, the majority of my life has been spent either running to or spotting out the nearest toilet. I've had countless of times I've had to miss out or cancel on picnics, hikes, walking on the beach etc due to fear of not being able to make it to the nearest toilet. I've avoided every food in the book (anything fried, no fast food, certain fruits, cereals, etc) that I've supposed to and nothing worked, except for not eating at all (I'd literally fast for at least two days prior to any airplane trip anywhere and this was how I lost 20 pounds while on a trip to Europe) but what kind of life is this to live?

I tried this stuff immediately when I heard about it - didn't even have any hope of it working - I would literally go through at least 8 - 10 Kaopectate pills a day, which never even helped at all. I had special mixes made up for me at pharmacies, sludge that looked like cement - that never helped. Even when I lived on oatmeal, bananas, everything that they tell you to eat if you have a "tender tummy" - mine was a raging volcano since my teens. I would quiet any doctor that had any advice that I "surely hadn't tried yet" by asking them if and how many times they'd soiled themselves out in public. Gee - now what's your answer? Can't hear you!

To the point - this stuff truly works. Have been using two pills a day for two months now and only had maybe two episodes of diarrhea - with the stomach flu. Other than that - I've eaten every forbidden food - even my beloved mango that I had to give up - and everything is smooth sailing!! MIRACULOUS!!

Boy, was I worried when Zelnorm was taken off the market - what was I going to do?!? I found others raving about Digestive Advantage IBS on about three separate IBS websites and decided to give it a try. HOLY COW!! It works!! Even BETTER than the Zelnorm did - if you can imagine that! I felt better within an hour. I am SO GLAD I found it.

I looked up each ingredient in it - Lactobacillus yeast; Lysine, An essential amino acid; Malic acid used as a flavoring to make it tart; Plasdone,used as suspending and dispersing agent; and the list goes on, but each ingredient seems to make sense - it has a purpose. I wish I had found it years ago.

I've had IBS since I was a child. Ever since elementary school, my morning bout of diarrhea was the "norm." I had reached the point where for years -- YEARS -- the only type of bowel movement I had was diarrhea. The extremely painful gas and bloating were what I lived with every day. I knew I couldn't eat anything in the morning, or there would be the immense pressure, followed by the diarrhea. I had become what doctors refer to as a "Bowel Cripple" -- sometimes even if I didn't eat anything in the morning, I still didn't make the commute to work without pulling over to find a restroom.

About 6 months ago now I discovered this product. I now have totally normal bowel movements, and I have this product to thank for that. I was sick for years, and now it's over, thanks to Digestive Advantage for IBS.

I will say, however, that I've also tried the Gas Therapy (which I was still having), and found 'that' product to be ineffective. Kind of odd to me that this product could be such a miracle, and the other such a dud. What 'does' work to cut smelly gas? Lemon juice. Just discovered that a few weeks ago. Have a few swigs before you eat, and it creates a nice acid environment in the tummy.

If you're still gassy/flatulent, try a product called Devrom. It won't take the wind out of your sails, but takes the funk out of your wind. It's an internal deoderant.

I'd also like to encourage anyone with IBS to check out the possibility that you may have systemic CANDIDIASIS. That's yeast. It'll cause IBS and a host of other very serious problems. You can get books on it right here on Amazon.

So, based on my own truly horrid case of diarrhea-predominant IBS, those are my recommendations: 1. Digestive Advantage for IBS; 2. Lemon Juice before you eat (I just add some to a sugar-free lemonade -- makes it extra tart). 3. Devrom to cut the sulfur/methane content of your gas.

Hope this helps. Good luck, everyone.