<story><title>Single course of antibiotics can mess up the gut microbiome for a year</title><url>http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/11/single-course-of-antibiotics-can-mess-up-the-gut-microbiome-for-a-year/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Natsu</author><text>I simply took a probiotic after being on antibiotics for a couple months and it had a side effect of curing a lot of digestive problems I used to have.  So there&amp;#x27;s that, too.  Incidentally, my doctor was the one who advised this.&lt;p&gt;EDIT:  The probiotic in my case was capsules of 15B cells of Lactobasillus GG.  Marketing copy on the box suggests this is the &amp;quot;most clinically studied probiotic strain&amp;quot; but I&amp;#x27;m not able to verify that.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>homeslice</author><text>So I run a probiotics site...and what that marketing claim means is that that precise strain of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus is the most researched.&lt;p&gt;There are many more studies on the species of probiotic Lactobacillus Rhamnosus as a whole...but for that exact &amp;quot;cousin&amp;quot; of the species, it is likely the most clinically researched probiotic.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s a bit more info on it here: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;probiotics.org&amp;#x2F;lactobacillus-gg-benefits&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;probiotics.org&amp;#x2F;lactobacillus-gg-benefits&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Single course of antibiotics can mess up the gut microbiome for a year</title><url>http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/11/single-course-of-antibiotics-can-mess-up-the-gut-microbiome-for-a-year/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Natsu</author><text>I simply took a probiotic after being on antibiotics for a couple months and it had a side effect of curing a lot of digestive problems I used to have.  So there&amp;#x27;s that, too.  Incidentally, my doctor was the one who advised this.&lt;p&gt;EDIT:  The probiotic in my case was capsules of 15B cells of Lactobasillus GG.  Marketing copy on the box suggests this is the &amp;quot;most clinically studied probiotic strain&amp;quot; but I&amp;#x27;m not able to verify that.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tghw</author><text>My father ended up on months-long rounds of antibiotics and started taking probiotics as a result. He also said it helped some similar digestive problems he&amp;#x27;s had for years.</text></comment>