new chewable Lactobacillus tablet called Probiotica

February 2001

You'll see a new chewable Lactobacillus tablet called Probiotica. It's being promoted by McNeil as a daily supplement for GI health.

Probiotica contains the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri.

Probiotics are the opposite of antibiotics. Antibiotics kill normal bacteria in the gut...probiotics help replace them.

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