Study Questions Probiotic Benefits For Diarrhea Reduction
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The largest study to assess the impact of probiotics on antibiotic-associated diarrhea finds no difference between the treatment and placebo-controlled groups – calling into question the increasingly common practice of administering probiotics with antibiotics to restore gut flora. Stakeholders say the collective science still supports using probiotics for gut health.