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Evidence Summary

Probiotics demonstrate consistent evidence for reducing gastrointestinal side effects in clinical contexts, including significantly lowering grade 3 oral mucositis and dysphagia during chemoradiotherapy (PMID: 41910295) and reducing GI adverse effects of metformin such as abnormal stool consistency and frequency (PMID: 41852479). Specific strains like Saccharomyces boulardii show real-world effectiveness as adjunct therapy in H. pylori eradication, improving eradication rates and reducing adverse events including diarrhea and nausea (PMID: 41923313). Probiotics also modulate gut microbiota composition, increasing alpha diversity and beneficial taxa in older enteral nutrition patients (PMID: 41901188), and improving respiratory and gastrointestinal health in infants (PMID: 41878569).

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Effective Dose

No established universal dose — varies widely by strain and indication; studies used 6.5 billion CFU/day (PMID: 41910295) to 2×10^9 CFU/day multi-strain (PMID: 41852479)