nandixon
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I couldn't find where this May 2014 study from Johns Hopkins was previously mentioned on the forum. Given how expensive Xifaxan is it could be helpful:
Herbal therapy is equivalent to rifaximin for the treatment of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24891990
It was found that herbal preparations were at least as effective as high dose rifaximin (1200 mg daily) in the treatment of SIBO.
The herbal protocol was to take 2 capsules twice daily of each of two supplements from one of two different companies:
Dysbiocide and FC Cidal (both by Biotics Research)
or
Candibactin-AR and Candibactin-BR (both by Metagenics)
That is, if I understand correctly, one takes either 2 capsules of Dysbiocide and 2 capsules of FC Cidal twice a day (i.e., a total of 8 capsules); or 2 capsules of Candibactin-AR and 2 capsules of Candibactin-BR twice a day (again 8 capsules total).
Either herbal combination was used for 4 weeks.
Cort Johnson also wrote about this study here:
http://www.cortjohnson.org/blog/201...proach-small-intestinal-bacterial-overgrowth/
Herbal therapy is equivalent to rifaximin for the treatment of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24891990
It was found that herbal preparations were at least as effective as high dose rifaximin (1200 mg daily) in the treatment of SIBO.
The herbal protocol was to take 2 capsules twice daily of each of two supplements from one of two different companies:
Dysbiocide and FC Cidal (both by Biotics Research)
or
Candibactin-AR and Candibactin-BR (both by Metagenics)
That is, if I understand correctly, one takes either 2 capsules of Dysbiocide and 2 capsules of FC Cidal twice a day (i.e., a total of 8 capsules); or 2 capsules of Candibactin-AR and 2 capsules of Candibactin-BR twice a day (again 8 capsules total).
Either herbal combination was used for 4 weeks.
Cort Johnson also wrote about this study here:
http://www.cortjohnson.org/blog/201...proach-small-intestinal-bacterial-overgrowth/