Probiotic

May reduce antibiotic-associated diarrhea, shorten acute infectious diarrhea, support IBS symptoms.

Avoid in severely immunocompromised patients (rare bacteremia risk). Refrigerate strains that require it.

Probiotics include Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species. Vietnamese pediatricians often co-prescribe Saccharomyces boulardii with antibiotics in children to reduce antibiotic-associated diarrhea.