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Crohn's probiotics and cost!!!!

My consultant said to me that I needed to take probiotics to help with the crippling pain I'm in sometimes. He said they can't prescribe it and gave the name of the cheapest his patients have told him about.
Its like £25 a month! I'm like what the f?!!! That's so expensive. I can't afford that. This is rubbish.
Does anyone else take probiotics for crohn's?
Its like £25 a month! I'm like what the f?!!! That's so expensive. I can't afford that. This is rubbish.
Does anyone else take probiotics for crohn's?
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Thank you for sharing this with us, I am sorry to hear this. Hopefully some of our members can answer your question on this.
The reason that probiotics arent available on prescription is due to limited evidence of clinical effectiveness. I know there is a lot of debate and studies being done on whether they are effective for IBD, I would ask your consultant what he thinks the benefits would be and if they work why they arent available.
I have Ulcerative Colitis so I do try and keep up to date on matters around IBD but I would say to take a look at the Crohns and COlitis UK website for lots of information. It may also be useful for you to speak to an IBD specialist nurse?
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I haven't seen my specialist nurse for a good while unfortunately, I don't tend to want to go for something like this, I find they tend to brush it under the carpet and not want to address the pain I'm still getting if they're not seeing active crohns