Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and Increased Pain-Free Days

• Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 is effective in the treatment of functional abdominal pain in children: Results of the double-blind randomized study.

  • 2020-12
  • RCT · n = 147
  • Clinical Nutrition 39(12)
  • • O. Jadrešin
    • Sara Sila
    • I. Trivić
    • Z. Mišak
    • S. Kolaček
    • I. Hojsak

  • PubMed: 32362486
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.04.019

  7 Insights on

  • Increased Pain-Free Days

  • High evidence

  significant increase in the number of days without pain. ... Number of days without pain was significantly higher in the L. reuteri group (mean difference 26.42 days, 95% CI 22.47-30.17)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  10^8 CFU/day