Traditional Uses

• Reestablishes bacteria that normally live in your intestine after you use antibiotics
• Stimulates your body’s natural defenses against infection and makes it more difficult for disease-causing bacteria to get established
• Dietary supplement when suffering from candida yeast infections

Mode of Action

• Antibiotics like penicillin, erythromycin, tetracycline and others not only kill bacteria that make you ill, they also kill bacteria that normally live in your body and assist digestion. Acidophilus reestablishes  those "good" bacteria in your intestine
• Acidophilus produces byproducts that fight and inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria such as Proteus, Escherichia, Staphylococcus, and Streptococcus

Drug Interactions

• Don’t take acidophilus at the same time as antibiotics (particularly sulfa drugs). Wait 2-3 hours after taking your drugs before ingesting acidophilus
• Acidophilus interferes with the work of sulphasalazine
• Alcohol partly counteracts the beneficial effects of acidophilus use

Cautions

• Taking more than ten billion living acidophilus cells each day can upset your stomach
• Acidophilus supplements often contain lactose and milk proteins

Recommended Dose

• One capsule twice a day, each containing 1.4 billion active cells. (Dose may vary from brand to brand)

References

• Griffith, 1985; Mason, 1995