NOW Foods Supplements, OralBiotic™, Developed for Adults & Children, Strain Verified, 60 Lozenges

Edit: 2/22/15I though I'd give an updated review on this. I don't use this for fresh breath, but to try to prevent myself from getting colds.I've been taking blisk12 for almost a year now. I used to catch a cold about four times a year, basically whenever the weather changes and my roommates get sick. Since taking this, however, that has stopped being the case. I went between the swanson one and the NOW one, whichever is cheaper when I need another bottle. Much as I love swanson (I take their ultimate probiotic every day) however I do like that this NOW foods one is straight up Blisk12-- you can't tell from a swansons bottle how much of the proprietary formula is blisk12 or not.If I were starting off, I would take this once a day for about 1-2 weeks to build up the colony, then at least once a week for maintenance. I take public transportation to work, and I think this is a pretty good preventative method from catching something from the people on the bus. If, however, someone I live with is sick, then I'd take it multiple times a day since the risk of getting sick is higher, given shared utensils, living space, etc.This past cold season has been the ultimate test for me of this product (I used this one this season, not swanson.) My roomies both got sick, and went through two rounds of colds. I was unscathed by both. Now they're mostly recovered, but still coughing. I think since they were mostly better, I let down my guard last week and wasn't as vigilant about taking this. I also went out with one of my recovering roommates and she drank from my water glass since the waiter was slow. Big mistake! I didn't think anything of it, but as my sister the microbiologist major said, if you're still coughing, you're still contagious. Ugh. The next morning, I woke up with a mild cough and was pretty unhappy since it had been almost a year since I has gone through a cold. I ate 2 cloves of raw garlic in the morning, then took three of these in succession, spitting out phlegm in between. If you're wondering, I figured spitting got out both the bad germs and some of this product. My urge to cough (that reflex you feel) went away, but my throat still didn't feel great. I drank green tea at work, came home, and ate another piece of raw garlic, napped, took a blisk12, drank ginger tea, had some kefir, ate some mandarins, took another one of these, and went to bed early. The next day I was back to being fine. My theory is that the raw garlic helped take out some of the bad germs, and this helped "take up the space" that was left, making it harder for the bad bacteria to grow.I don't know if it's the placebo effect or not, but it works for me, so I'll keep taking it. There are some studies on this which suggests it's more than a placebo--you can read up on: look up pubmed dot gov and type in blisk12 in the search bar. Small studies, so maybe it's placebo, but it's nice not being sick, so whatever. Remember that as a supplement it's really supposed to be more useful as a preventative measure than something to actually cure a cold, but I found that it really helped me when I felt like I was coming down with something.My roommates are still coughing so I'm back to taking this multiple times a day...------original review-----If you want something a little sweeter and has L. reuteri, take Swansons. If you want straight up only BlisK12, take this. A little chalky but effective.

2/16/25=Brought these be4, came packed perfectly & fresh. I know these work, used for my teeth & gum's be4. This time I will keep buying them!🤷I will come back 4 review after I see it's the same formula. They worked very well be4, and this brand is a good brand! Need them for mucus also, can't seem to get rid of this mucus! I just opened the bottle, taking them now! I thought I had capsule's be4, not sure going to check.🤷 I will continue with these OralBiotic Losengers!

I recieve my package right on time, btw I didnt order from amazon I ordered through amazon and got the ones for 10.70, I tried one and liked the flavor alot tastes like strawberry milk a light flavor but good, I have suffered with bad breath for seven years I've had a boyfriend for six, its very hard to communicate with other ppl, before suffering with this problem I was just like everyone else this has changed my life, finding work is hard and having a social life is out of the question I will give a proper review of this product in about a month I will re purchase once I run out to give a fair rate. A little about me I noyice my breath was bad 7 yrs ago when I would brush and notice a dead taste coming from my mouth I also latter discovered I had tonsil stones, since then i have incorporated using baking soda and peroxide tea tree and pepermint essential oils which did work but temporaraly, I no longer can see my stones but can taste them and have a dead fish smell comming from the crypts in my tonsils, so crowding my mouth with good bacterial and keeping a regime to get rid of the bacterial and changing my diet should help some if this doesnt help Im not sure what to try other than grapefruit seed extract good luc to anyone that has ever had to deal with this problem I cant tell u how many ppl think im mean because i wont hold a conversation with them I have so much potential and Im too smart to let this hold me down anymore IMCLAIMING ALL VICTORIES THROUGH MY CREATOR HALLELUYAH!!!!

Our interest in Blis K12 was spurred by a study in Italy that showed Blis K12 intake was correlated with fewer sick days in a group of school children. Blis K12 is a patented probiotic and NOW purchases it directly from the manufacturer, so we trust the ingredients are what the label says!In our experience, not only do we sense improved oral health as you would expect from an oral probiotic, we also have had fewer chest and sinus infections in our family. WE ARE NOT DOCTORS, THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE, AND THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SOLD TO CURE OR TREAT ANY DISEASE! This has just been our experience taking this product over the last year.Love NOW for it's affordability, it's availability, and it's quality.

This one is not really effective for my mouth fresh