Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Reduced Crying Time

Doses used in studies

CFU/day: 2 billion–6 billion (median 4.3 billion, IQR 2.6 billion–5.6 billion) — 2 studies

Time to effect

Median: 4 weeks · IQR 4 weeks–4 weeks · Range 4 weeks–4 weeks — Reported in 1 of 1 study

1 of 1 paper

Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG therapy and microbiological programming in infantile colic: a randomized, controlled trial.

2015-07-07
RCT · n = 30
Pediatric research 78(4)
- Anna Pärtty
- Liisa Lehtonen
- Marko Kalliomäki
- Seppo Salminen
- Erika Isolauri

PubMed: 26151493
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2015.127

2 Insights on

Reduced Crying Time

High evidence
Infants

Daily crying time was comparable between the probiotic (173 min) and the placebo group (174 min; P = 0.99) at the end of the intervention according to the parental diary.

Effect: Neutral
Effect size: Small
Significant: No
Dose: 4.5 × 10^9 cfu/day