Okay, not being flippant. I am a nurse. I have plenty of experience with C DIff. It has a smell like nothing in this world. This idea of taking a pill with shit in it, to help your GI overcome C Diff is an alternative to the feces transplant idea. Bear with me: This may sound gross but feces donations from healthy relatives inserted into the rectums of C Diff positive people is proven effective. Any time that Pharma tries to prove their way is the only way is a flag for me..because if you can insert good things in a pill you can also insert BAD things. All it takes is to buy a thrift store blender. Use feces from a healthy trusted individual ( I know this sounds gross, but so is taking shit pills from strangers. think about it) and mix with water to make a poo juice slurry. Use a large syringe, and push the shit water into their rectum. Do this over and over several times a day until the C-Diff is gone. The healthy bacterium in the donor shit grows and recultures the C DIFF patient. I am not talking out of my ass. I know this stuff. I am a nurse, I keep up to date with info. https://designershitdocumentary.com/fmt-fecal-transplants-guide/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCqVWGlMXcY https://www.mgmc.org/care/gi/fecal-transplant/
The point is, do you want to eat a pill from stranger's shit, or use a slurry from a relative/friend that you trust?
Why couldn't they just culture the bacteria, like other probiotics. Instead of using just shit. Seems better to take some of the bacteria, grow more, then use that.
Because the GI and the acids break down things before it gets to where it is needed, I suppose. The fecal transplants work quite well. I don't trust Big Pharma anymore, and I am a nurse.. take it as you will.
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