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Digestive Advantage Daily Dietary Management of Lactose Intolerance for Children, Chewable Tablets, Cherry Flavored, 30-Count Boxes (Pack of 3)

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My 5 year old son has never been able to comfortably consume milk products. Without going into ugly details, let's just say he has painful and otherwise unpleasant digestive consequences when he takes in more than a little lactose. (He could eat butter like a normal person, and up to 1/2 a cup of yogurt every other day, but never any straight milk.)

This was inconvenient for me as dairy foods are quick and easy to prepare, but not a very big deal when he was young and staying home with me, or even during preschool when we sent a packed snack each day from home. Starting kindergarten this year changed all that. Snack is provided as part of his kindergarten class with all the children helping in the preparation and serving. Suddenly, it was very obvious to my sensitive little boy that he was being "deprived" of something nice that other children enjoy. Also, being old enough for playdates and attending birthday parties without Mommy's watchful presence means my son is called upon to evaluate food choices far more often than before.

I discussed lactose enzyme products with our pediatrician, who had no objection to their use.

When I went shopping for the actual lactase enzyme products, I found this Digestive Advantage Children's Lactose Intolerance Therapy. The ability to give my son one dose every morning instead of asking his school to administer a "medication" (the usual type of lactase enzyme pill) was VERY attractive to me. I'd prefer no one but myself to give my children any kind of medication--not even vitamins, etc.--so I know precisely what has been taken or not.

I am also convinced of the value of probiotics (good bacteria, such as found in yogurt) for most people. That's one of the reasons I've given my lactose-intolerant son some yogurt over the years, even though I've had to very carefully watch the "dose" I allow him. I've tried using a powdered formula for him, but it was very inconvenient for me to remember and mix into his food. I'm very happy with the formulation of this product.

Finally, I expected this product to relieve my son's occasional diarrhea from over-doing lactose-containing foods. What surprised me was the sudden relief he's experienced from a periodic (2-4 times per week) sudden stomach pain that the pediatrician had diagnosed as gas and/or constipation. I now believe that even the small amounts of lactose I'd been allowing may have been too much, or perhaps the probiotics in these tablets are simply improving his digestion in a comprehensive way. Obviously, as a mom, I'm thrilled to have my son feeling better (physically) as well as so happy to be able to share snacks and birthday cake with his friends.

We've used up on package (28 days since you take two tablets on the first and second day) and found almost total relief (one episode of unexplained tummy pain during the first week) so far.

This was the first product for lactose intolerance I found that my younger son would tolerate. It tastes good (like 'smarties' candy), chews easily, and does seem to work just fine. My son is very intolerant, so takes one daily and an additional one if he has more than 1 serving of dairy that day.

My older son (also intolerant) has converted to using these as well. They cost more than the ubiquitous lactaid/b-galactose products, but it is worth not having to pressure the older son into chewing a pill that doesn't taste all that great.

No fructose, mannitol, or sorbitol, either, which is ideal since my younger son can't tolerate those sugars/sweeteners, either.

Doesn't specify the probiotic(s) involved, but I would guess that it includes one of the strains that produces lactase enzyme itself, at least.

When my twins turned 1 their Pediatrician said we could switch them to Whole Milk. I asked our Dr if I could give Zoey this product even though it said age 3 and up. He said it was fine to give her, that you can't overdose, it is only age 3 & up because it is a pill so just to crush it up for her. So I ordered this and started giving her Soy milk till it arrived.

It arrived on a Wednesday and I gave her 2 pills that day & Thursday per the instructions. On Friday I gave her 1 pill and that night I gave her a 10oz bottle with 1/2 soy & 1/2 whole milk. No diarrhea overnight or the next day. On Saturday I gave her whole milk w/ a little soy in the morning, cheese & a little fudge made w/ milk, ice cream & a 10oz whole milk bottle before bed. It is now Wednesday and we've given her whole milk morning, day & night as well as milk based food(mac & cheese, etc) and she has not once had diarrhea. She had a been a little constipated before I started giving her this medicine and stayed a bit constipated but she finally went poo today and it was pretty normal, a little hard. She just needs to eat more fiber because she refuses to drink juice.

Zoey is EXTREMELY Lactose Intolerant. She could not tolerate anything that had the slightest hint of milk in it. She couldn't handle cheese, yogurt, nothing. Even some of her babyfood had milk WAY down on the list of ingredients and if I split a 4oz jar between my girls, Zoey would have lots of diarrhea within 1-2 hours after eating it, sometimes sooner. Anytime she had any dairy, she had diarrhea and normally would have diarrhea several times after the initial feeding of dairy.

I put this pill on a paper plate and use the back of a spoon to crush it into a fine powder. Then I get the tip of my finger wet, dip it in the powder then put it in her mouth. I do this until all of it is gone. It tastes like a Fun Dip or Pixie Stick, it is very good, she loves it.

Thanks to this product I can finally feed my girls anything with Dairy. Before this, besides whole milk, I only fed them things w/out dairy because I didn't want to feed one of my daughters ice cream or things if the other couldn't eat it. And I was buying soy cheese which is a LOT more expensive than regular but now I can buy them regular cheese. This makes my job of making them things to eat a lot easier too because there are so many things that have milk in them or need milk and I am no longer reading every label before I make something.

I will update if Zoey starts having diarrhea or any problems.

I ordered this product with standard delivery and it arrived in just a few days, way earlier than expected!!

My daughter has been taking this for almost a year know without issue. She has dairy products a couple times a week without issue. Great product and very effective

My son's doctor said we should use this so dairy does not cause him stomach pains and it work great once a day that's it.

After two years of staying away from dairy, I started my almost-4-year-old son on this product. He still prefers vanilla soymilk, but at one tablet a day he is doing great with eating cheese, yogurt, and ice cream again. A bite of these before would have spelled disaster before, and even any food with milk product as an ingredient would cause gastrointestinal problems for him.

This has simplified our lives tremendously (no longer having to buy soy/rice alternative products). I don't have to worry about his grandma giving him mashed potatoes (or anything else) with tons of milk, and butter mixed in. Yesterday he had a couple of fried mozzarella cheese sticks at a restaurant on top of a yogurt he ate after lunch, and let's just say from this I've learned that I will either have to up his dosage to two tablets a day or find a with-the-meal type for times that he will have more in a day than usual. Even so, he didn't have any of the pain and discomfort that he used to have before starting on the lactase.

Overall I am so glad I found this product... I can give it to him in the morning with his multivitamin and not worry about how he'll do if he goes to his grandma's house or when he starts going to school. When he spends the night at his grandma's I just tear off one blister-pack which contains one tablet and pack it with his toothbrush, and he's all set to go. He enjoys the flavor and is happy to take his "milk vitamin".

(He's looking forward to a "peanut vitamin" for his peanut allergy, but I'm not holding my breath for that.)

This product is GREAT! My three year old loves milk and was drinking almost half a gallon a day. This got REALLY expensive since he is also lactose intollerant! I was spending over $100 a month on HIS milk alone and still had to buy regular milk for the rest of the family. What I pay for a one month supply of Digestive Advantage is less than what I used to spend on milk in one week!! My son loves it and actually calls it candy because it tastes so good. He often tries to trick me into letting him have another even though one works great! I strongly recommed that anyone who is having to pay loads of money for lactose free milk try Digestive Advantage's products.

My kids take it once in the morning and they can have their milk with their lunch at school, have pizza for lunch and any cheeses or milk for snack without any worry. No going to the office for lactose pills.

My daughter is severely lactose intolerant. She is three now. She does not like the taste of chewable Lactaid. In fact, the chewable Lactaid has caused some gagging. She loves this one and if she eats a small piece of cheese or a dairy cookie, I know her symptoms will be minimal now! I just wish it was more widely available.