Align Daily Probiotic Supplement Capsules, 28-Count Box

My gastro has been trying to get me to take it for my IBS. I started 2 days ago and have been quite miserable since. I have a terrible taste in my mouth similar to when I'm taking antibiotics. My stomach is bloated big time and is hard as a rock, its very hard for me to pass gas and it really hurts. My IBS alternates my biggest symptom is pain and its just making it worse. I know it takes 30 days to really accurately evaluate it BUT I dont see putting my body through this misery in the hope that it will be helpful. From what I've read on my ibs online support group, it works if you are diarrhea predominant for some, but others say their constpation is worse.

I wouldnt tell someone NOT to take it but I wouldnt expect miracles from it either. Unfortunately IBS is a very individualized disorder, so are its treatments, so for some it may be worth trying.

I wanted to give it a fair chance, so I took it for 3 months. By the middle of the 3rd month I had developed such bad GERD that my eyes and sinuses were burning. I stopped it this week and moved to Digestive Advantage to see how well that does. The GERD started subsiding the first day after the change, but it's not gone yet. All that and my constipation is still the same. I'm glad it worked for so many. Wish I was one of them...

I purchased Align specifically for my mother after she became terribly sick with C.diff. Someone I knew was taking it after having C.diff. After my mother had gotten C.diff as well, I bought a box of Align for her. Well, within days she was feeling so much better. Within a week she was feeling wonderful, singing Align's praises, and thanking me and my friend for saving her life because she felt certain the C.diff would have killed her at her age. A doctor advised another friend to take it along with the antibiotics she was taking for this gastointestinal bacteria. None have gotten a reoccurrence of C.diff while on this probiotic.

I have been using this product for the last year. I noticed an amazing difference after the first two weeks of use.
Every afternoon, whether I had eaten lunch or not, my stomach would be bloated and painful. I could barely function. It was awful. But once I found Align - my whole quality of life changed for the better. I no longer have any afternoon symptoms. I am completely committed to re-ordering every month.
Another additional plus is my body now handles international travel transitions much easier.
This is a terrific product!

I have IBS since 1992, usually triggered when drinking milk, wheat, yeast, lack of exercise, or work stress. Stomach always bloating when IBS strikes.

I learned 'Align' and the Bifido Infantis 35624 strain probiotic at a public seminar in 2007. I was questioning the speaker pannel doctor (a specialist) about a certain 'miracle' (I thought) after a 10-day 2006 winter trip from Paris where I ate 1-2 cups of Yogurt freshly delivered to hotel at 5 am daily. On the way back home in the SQ flight, my IBS usual bloatedness suddenly disappeared and I was free of IBS for the next few months. The pannel doctor caught up with me after the seminar at the hallway, told me it was due to the French yogurt might be using a different good probiotic and they were freshly alive because of cold winter. Whereas back in tropical Singapore, most Yogurt sold on the supermarkets could have been half-dead (the ideal temp is around 4 degree C) during transportation.
I was introduced by him to Align but couldn't find it in Singapore, nor in most cities in Europe or USA. Strange! Thanks to Amazon.com, I finally shipped them to Singapore via Singapore Post's USA address (VPOSTUSA: https://www.vpost.com.sg/) - again, the Aligh distributor doesn't ship outside of USA.
The first week Align slightly improved my IBS. It did have some initial side effect when the bloatedness worsen after a diarrhoea (due to an unrelated sea-food food poisoning virus GE). I was told that was normal when the good probiotic works. My GP encouraged me to continue and the 2nd week onwards my life has been 90% free from IBS (meaning you are not aware of IBS). I will continue for another 6 months with Align.

Can somebody explain why P&G is not promoting 'Align' aggressively and globally? any USA FDA or local health authority's ruling that forbid selling Align in other countries ?