This past year has been eye-opening for me in terms of healthy FOOD being the best medicine. After several diseases being treated in my family (from hashimotos to cancer), we have switched to an organic diet and added supplements recommended by our naturopathic doctor. One of those recommended supplements is probiotics. Dr's Best is a trusted brand in our family, and I am happy to report that Doctor's Best Probiotics are giving us the same (or better) results as the other brand we've been buying at Costco. And with Amazon's subcribe-&-save, the price is the same as Costco's. The one question I had about this product required me to look on the Doctor's Best website, becasue it's not printed on the bottle. The question was, "How many strains?" Our doc said our probiotics need to be at least five strains with 10 billion CFU's per dose. Dr's Best is 20 billion CFU's, so that's great, but the number of strains is not on the bottle. For those who are curious, according to the Dr's Best website, this product has six strains. YAY. It exceeds our doctor's requirements. By the way, for those who don't yet know, probiotics do their work in the small intestines, and they do their best work while we're sleeping. Therefore, our doc strongly recommends probiotics be taken WITH FOOD (to avoid stomach acid killing them off), and since they do their best work at night, it's best to take them with a late afternoon or evening meal.

I have a very sensitive stomach and this is the only probiotic that keeps me from being bloated. Don't let the low count deter you. I have used products up to 102 billion and this one is way more effective.

I love this probiotics to make yogurt, I don’t take them myself I just use it for yogurt and cheese. Great product.

Didn’t work

I did not purchase this product, but researching a spore probiotic for myself I am adding this review to alert people that this product contains maltodextrin which will cause severe sugar spikes in people with diabetes (the glycemic index (GI) in maltodextrin is higher than in table sugar). Found out about maltodextrin the hard way buying sugar free jam that contained it sending my glucose from normal range to over 230 within 10 minutes. Research maltodextrin - even if you're not diabetic, you really should avoid this ingredient.

Initial side effects persisted well beyond the 2-3 days suggested by many sources online. The worst side effect was foul breathe brought on by gases from my stomach. No amount of brushing my tongue or eating various foods would kill the smell. I took the pills for three weeks with no improvements in the side effects of extreme bloating or bad breath. This strain was no compatible with me.