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Absolutely. There are a bunch of posts on the Board about people whose IBS was triggered by antibiotics - I think mine was, too, although I had earlier experiences that kind of set me up for it.
Let me know how your son does with the Flora-Q and I'll raise the whole live/unlive thing with my GI next week and post what he has to say.
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Only just saw this...and realised my post was confusing. Stevensa's right...for them to do any good, they have to be alive, whether they say refridgerate or not. I guess maybe how they coat them depends on how protected they are from the elements.
If you've got 88F weather and the pack says 77F, sticking them in the fridge could be a good idea. When I tried probiotics, I just kept them in a cool cupboard, but then it's not often that hot here! 
Also, working from what best-before-dates are like on food, I'd guess they'd have to still be the stated amount in July 06 as long as they're kept in the prescribed conditions.
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Have you put him on Heathers Acacia yet? It is more than just another SFS. It also has a PREbiotic in it which means that, overtime, it helps your body grow back the good bacteria which is what you are trying to do with the probiotics. You can use them together.
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Taking it one day at a time.....
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Yes, I've started him on Acacia but only recently so we'll see how it goes.
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The probiotics (bacteria, I assume) in the capsules are live. Apparently, the company that makes Flora-Q has developed a way to keep the little suckers alive in capsules for a reasonable period of time without refrigeration.
My GI guy says his practice (5, 6, 7, 23 doctors, who knows, there's another name on the door every time I see him) has used Flora-Q for a while and gotten good results. He doesn't think the probiotics will make a huge difference, but they might "give me a little edge". I'll take it.
And in an unrelated issue, I asked him about Naltrexone (sp?). He said everything he's heard about it is "sketchy", but there are supposedly a fair number of new drugs in the pipeline, mostly on the C side. Nothing definitely wonderful, of course. And some A drug that was in clinical trials just got the plug pulled because people were hallucinating on it. I have to admit that there have been days when if I had to choose between suffering IBS symptoms and hallucinating, I'd hallucinate, but I guess the FDA doesn't see it that way.
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