Lactobacillus plantarum 299v and Reduced Abdominal Pain

• Role of Lactobacillus plantarum 299v versus Placebo in symptomatic improvement of irritable bowel syndrome patients.

  • 2022-02-03
  • RCT · n = 190
  • JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 72(3)
  • • Ahmad Nawaz Babar
    • Muhammad Kamran Hassan
    • Fazl Ullah
    • Anwar Ullah

  • PubMed: 35320214
  • DOI: 10.47391/jpma.0758

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Abdominal Pain

  • High evidence
  • Large Human Trial

  There was no significant difference in terms of relieving abdominal pain, bloating and rectal emptying between the groups (p>0.05).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

• The role of Lactobacillus plantarum 299v in supporting treatment of selected diseases.

  • 2021-01-25
  • Review
  • Central-European journal of immunology 45(4)
  • • Karolina Kaźmierczak-Siedlecka
    • Agnieszka Daca
    • Marcin Folwarski
    • Jacek M Witkowski
    • Ewa Bryl
    • Wojciech Makarewicz

  • PubMed: 33613097
  • DOI: 10.5114/ceji.2020.101515

  9 Insights on

  • Reduced Abdominal Pain

  • Low evidence

  The intake of L. plantarum 299v provides benefits for IBS patients, mainly due to normalization of stool and relief of abdominal pain

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes